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| Coordinates:45°14′N19°6′E / 45.233°N 19.100°E /45.233; 19.100 | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| Region | Syrmia (Podunavlje) |
| County |  Vukovar-Syrmia |
| Municipal seat Largest settlement | Tompojevci Berak |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Milan Grubač (HDZ) |
| Area | |
| 72.4 km2 (28.0 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 17.4 km2 (6.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| 1,116 | |
| • Density | 15.4/km2 (39.9/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 227 |
| • Urban density | 13.0/km2 (33.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 32238 |
| Area code | 32 |
| Vehicle registration | VU |
| Website | opcina-tompojevci |
Tompojevci (Hungarian:Tompojevce,Rusyn: Томпоєвци,Serbian Cyrillic:Томпојевци) is avillage and municipality in theVukovar-Syrmia County inCroatia.
The village of Tompojevci was first mentioned in the 13th century, inHungarian documents as Tomteleke. The Croatian name of the village, Tompojevci, appears for the first time in 1581. According to the population census from 1847, Tompojevci had 501 inhabitants, 492Catholics and 9 Orthodox.[3]
According to the2011 census, there are 1,565 inhabitants in the municipality.[4] With pronounced issue ofpopulation decline in eastern Croatia caused bypopulation ageing, effects of theCroatian War of Independence and emigration after theaccession of Croatia to the European Union, the population of the municipality dropped to 1,116 residents at the time of 2021 census.
The municipality encompasses the Jelaš Forest, where amass grave containing six bodies and three individual graves of people killed during theCroatian War of Independence were found. As of October 2013[update] four of the bodies remain unidentified, while the rest wereCroatian National Guard soldiers and civilians. A memorial was built at the site in 2013.[5]
Tompojevci is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as theFirst Category Area of Special State Concern by theGovernment of Croatia.[6]
The name of the village inCroatian is plural.
Ethnic groups in the municipality include (2011 census):[7]
Municipality contains the villages ofBerak,Bokšić,Čakovci,Grabovo,Mikluševci and Tompojevci.[4]
| Settlement | Population |
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| Berak | 386 |
| Bokšić | 126 |
| Čakovci | 366 |
| Grabovo | 47 |
| Mikluševci | 375 |
| Tompojevci | 309 |
Mayor of the municipality is Tomislav Panenić.
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[8] At the2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives electionsHungarians,Pannonian Rusyns andSerbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Tompojevci Municipality.[9]
In the Municipality of Tompojevci for the territory of the settlement of Mikluševci, where Rusyns make up the majority of the population (of the total of 486 inhabitants 359 are Rusyns), equal use of the Rusyn language has been introduced by the Statute of the Municipality of Tompojevci, and for the settlement of Čakovci in the same Municipality, where Hungarians make up the majority of the population, equal use of the Hungarian language and script has been introduced.
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