Bapska

Village in Croatia
45°11′50″N 19°15′45″E / 45.19722°N 19.26250°E / 45.19722; 19.26250Country CroatiaCounty Vukovar-SyrmiaMunicipalityIlokArea • Total26.5 km2 (10.2 sq mi)Elevation
147 m (482 ft)Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total658 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
32235 Bapska
Area code+385 0(32)

Bapska (Hungarian: Bábafalva, German: Bapskau) is a village in Croatia.

Geography

It is located south of Šarengrad (at the D2 highway) and north of Šid, Serbia.

History

In 1664 the village was raided by the Ottoman forces but was subsequently resettled.[3] The old village of Bapska was in 1730s located about two kilometres south from the contemporary village in the location know today as the Stara Bapska (Old Bapska).[3]

Demographics

Settlement of Bapska: Population trends 1857–2021
population
1090
1275
1256
1447
1504
1642
1784
1752
1769
1784
1948
1944
1699
1624
1313
928
658
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications
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1991 census

Bapska[4]
1991

total: 1,624

  Croats 1,478 (91.00%)
  Serbs 33 (2.03%)
  Slovaks 28 (1.72%)
  Germans 25 (1.53%)
  Yugoslavs 16 (0.98%)
  Hungarians 5 (0.30%)
  Rusyns 5 (0.30%)
  Macedonians 2 (0.12%)
  others 1 (0.06%)
  nondeclared 3 (0.18%)
  regionally declared 1 (0.06%)
  unknown 27 (1.66%)

1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Bapska had 1,642 inhabitants (in that time in two independent settlements: Bapska with pop. of 794 and Novak with pop. of 848), which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Bapska[5]
Population by language Population by religion

total: 1,642

  Croatian 1,063 (64.73%)
  German 348 (21.19%)
  Slovak 115 (7.00%)
  Serbian 44 (2.67%)
  Hungarian 41 (2.49%)
  Slovene 20 (1.21%)
  Rusyn 9 (0.54%)
  others 2 (0.12%)

total: 1,642

  Rom. Cath. 1,579 (96.16%)
  East. Orthodox 46 (2.80%)
  Calvinists 6 (0.36%)
  East. Catholics 6 (0.36%)
  Lutherans 3 (0.18%)
  Jewish 2 (0.12%)

Note: Together with former settlement of Novak.

Language

settlement total Croatian German Slovak Serbian Hungarian Slovene Rusyn others
Bapska 794 514 127 91 19 16 20 6 1
Novak 848 549 221 24 25 25 - 3 1

Religion

settlement total Rom. catholics East. orthodox Calvinists East. catholics Lutherans Jewish
Bapska 794 765 20 5 3 1 -
Novak 848 814 26 1 3 2 2

References

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  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. ^ a b Mirko Marković (2003). Istočna Slavonija: Stanovništvo i naselja. Zagreb: Naklada Jesenski i Turk. p. 53. ISBN 9532221239.
  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;
  5. ^ 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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