Vrbanja | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Vrbanja Općina Vrbanja |
Native Name Lang: | hr |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia Vukovar-Srijem County#Croatia#Europe |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Croatia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 44.9833°N 74°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Leader Party: | HDZ |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ivica Sep |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 191.3 |
Area Urban Km2: | 71.0 |
Elevation M: | 87 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 2870 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 1583 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 32254 |
Area Code: | 32 |
Registration Plate: | ŽU |
Vrbanja (sk|Vrbanja, hu|Vérbánya) is a village and a municipality in Croatia.
Vrbanja is named after the Croatian word for willows (Croatian: vrbe).
The municipality has a population of 5,174, in the following settlements:
By ethnicity, 96.48% are Croats, while the largest minority consists of Slovaks (1.38%), per census 2001. With pronounced issue of population decline in eastern Croatia caused by population ageing, effects of the Croatian War of Independence and emigration after the accession of Croatia to the European Union, the population of the municipality dropped to 2,870 residents at the time of 2021 census.
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