Davor,_Croatia

Davor, Croatia

Davor, Croatia

Place in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia

Davor is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County. It is located about 40 km (25 mi) west of the city of Slavonski Brod, Croatia, on the left bank of the Sava river across Srbac.

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There are a total 3,015 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements:[3]

  • Davor, population 2,382
  • Orubica, population 633

An absolute majority are Croats (2011 census).[4]

Davor is the birthplace of Croatian football player Ivica Olić, writer Matija Antun Relković, and Bishop Antun Škvorčević.

The village was called Svinjar before 1896.[5][6]

References

  1. [1]
    Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. [2]
    "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Davor". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. [5]
    Lončarić, Mijo (1977). "Imenovanja i preimenovanja naseljenih mjesta". Jezik (in Croatian). 25 (4).
  6. [6]
    PSD (18 November 2011). "Kako su Sratok, Krmčina, Zlosela, Svinjar... dobili milozvučnija imena". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian).
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