Mečenčani

Coordinates: 45°17′N 16°26′E / 45.283°N 16.433°E / 45.283; 16.433

Mečenčani
Меченчани (Serbian)[1]
Village
Country  Croatia
Municipality Donji Kukuruzari
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Mečenčani (Serbian Cyrillic: Меченчани)[1] is a village in the Donji Kukuruzari municipality, Central Croatia.

Geography

The village is located in the region of Banovina (known as Banija).

History

In 1905, the municipality of Mečenčani existed in the Zagreb County of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, having 5025 people, of whom Serbs of the Orthodox faith numbered 4574 (91.1%).[2]

It was previously part of the Kostajnica municipality. Before the outbreak of the Croatian War, the SAO Krajina (1990-1991) was self-proclaimed in the region by ethnic Serbs who denied Croatian president Franjo Tudjman's goal of an independent Croatia outside Yugoslavia. SAO Krajina was merged with other so-called "Serbian Autonomous Oblasts" to form the Republic of Serbian Krajina (1991-1996) which included most of Serbian-inhabited Croatia. The region was subsequently taken over by the Croatian government after the successful Operation Storm.

Demographics

Demographic history
Ethnic group 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001
Serbs 213 (97,70%)
Croats 1 (0,45%)
Yugoslavs 4 (1,83%)
Others and unknown 0
Total[3] 307 341 313 245 237 218 168

References

  1. 1 2 Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Srpska pravoslavna mitropolija karlovačka: Po podacima od 1905. god. Srpska manastirska štamparija. 1910. p. 1035.
    Управна опћина Меченчани има 5025 душа, од којих су Срби православне вере 4574 (91°,1).
  3. ↑ Croatia censuses 1948-2001
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