Jarmina

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Jarmina
Municipality
Municipality of Jarmina
Općina Jarmina
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Location of Jarmina
Jarmina is located in Croatia
Jarmina
Jarmina
Location in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°19′N 18°44′E / 45.317°N 18.733°E / 45.317; 18.733Coordinates: 45°19′N 18°44′E / 45.317°N 18.733°E / 45.317; 18.733
Country Croatia
County Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
 • MayorAndrija Draganić (HDZ)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,458
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
32280
Area code(s)32
Vehicle registrationVK
Websitewww.jarmina.hr

Jarmina is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia.

Name[]

In German the village is known as Jahrmein or Hermann, in Hungarian as Járomnaszentmiklós, and in Serbian Cyrillic as Јармина.

Demographics[]

Before World War II there was a substantial German-speaking Danube Swabian population here.

According to the 2011 census, there are 2,458 inhabitants,[1] 99.27% which are Croats.[2]

Characteristics[]

The municipality is home to a monument to defenders and civilians killed in the Croatian War of Independence which has the names of 15 deceased people.[3]

Near Borinci, a hamlet between Jarmina and Vinkovci, there is a 171 metres tall guyed mast for FM-/TV-broadcasting.

Jarmina is unofficial name of the Vinkovci Marshaling yard and freight railway station.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Jarmina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  2. ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Vukovar-Sirmium". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  3. ^ Monument to the killed in the Homeland War unveiled in Jarmina
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