Šarengrad

Šarengrad

Šarengrad

Village in Croatia

Šarengrad (Serbian Cyrillic: Шаренград, Hungarian: Atya, German: Wetterwardein) is a village in eastern Croatia. It is located along the Danube river and is administratively part of Croatian easternmost town of Ilok. Šarengrad is known for its landscape which is dominated by the river and picturesque houses and church tower next to it. Island of Šarengrad is an 9 km2 river island situated close to the village.

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Šarengrad, Danube

Geography

The village is located in the Syrmia region, on the Fruška Gora slopes, next to the Danube river.

Demographics

Settlement of Šarengrad: Population trends 1857–2021
population
1265
1484
1424
1558
1489
1472
1392
1448
1349
1622
1443
1357
1106
1005
838
528
362
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

1991 census

Šarengrad[3]
1991

total: 1,005

  Croats 904 (89.95%)
  Serbs 48 (4.77%)
  Slovaks 7 (0.69%)
  Yugoslavs 6 (0.59%)
  Hungarians 4 (0.39%)
  Muslims 3 (0.29%)
  Slovenes 2 (0.19%)
  Germans 1 (0.09%)
  Macedonians 1 (0.09%)
  Montenegrins 1 (0.09%)
  others 2 (0.19%)
  nondeclared 10 (0.99%)
  unknown 16 (1.59%)

1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Šarengrad had 1,472 inhabitants (in the main settlement Šarengrad 1,330 and in hamlets: Bjelica 47 and Šarengradska Dobra Voda 95), which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Šarengrad[4]
Population by languagePopulation by religion

total: 1,472

  Croatian 1,008 (68.47%)
  Serbian 232 (15.76%)
  Hungarian 117 (7.94%)
  German 75 (5.09%)
  Rusyn 17 (1.15%)
  Slovak 12 (0.81%)
  Czech 1 (0.06%)
  Romanian 1 (0.06%)
  others 9 (0.61%)

total: 1,472

  Rom. Cath. 1,188 (80.70%)
  East. Orthodox 242 (16.44%)
  East. Catholics 20 (1.35%)
  Calvinists 12 (0.81%)
  Jewish 8 (0.54%)
  Lutherans 2 (0.13%)

See also

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]
    Book: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;
  4. [4]
    Book: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;
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