Đeletovci

Đeletovci is a village in the municipality of Nijemci within the Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia. It had a population of 684 people in the 2001 census.^[1] The village is located on the railway Vinkovci-Tovarnik-Serbian border.^[2]

The village is best known for oil fields located in the vicinity owned by INA. The village is inhabited mostly Catholic Croats. Đeletovci was occupied by Yugoslavian army and by Republic of Serb Krajina forces on October 1, 1991.^[3] The village was integrated into the rebel Republic of Serb Krajina during the Yugoslav Wars. The Scorpions paramilitary controlled the village during the war and remained there until 1996 when the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium took control of the area.^[3] In 1998, the area was reintegrated into the Republic of Croatia. During the war, Serb forces evicted 900 inhabitants of the village.^[4] By 1999 only 80 had returned. By 2001 there were 684 people in the village.^[1]

Culture

The town is home to a monument to Ivica Brizanac, a young soldier who was killed by a mine in 1992.^[5]

The village has a cultural association KUD Grančica.^[6] The association was founded in 1965.^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 2001 Census
2. ^ Početak radova na obnovi pruge od Đeletovaca do Jankovaca
3. ^ ^{a b} Mještani Ðeletovaca i Vinkovaèkih Banovaca nakon vijesti o uhićenju pripadnika srpske specijalne postrojbe
4. ^ U Đeletovcima, selu "srijemskog trokuta" u Vukovarsko-srijemskoj županiji koje je potpuno uništeno u ratu, puštena je u rad visoko- i niskonaponska električna mreža
5. ^ Otkriven spomenik poginulom branitelju
6. ^ Program manifestacije za 2008.
7. ^ Večer folklora u srcu Paga

Coordinates: 45°10′59″N 19°00′47″E / 45.183°N 19.013°E / 45.183; 19.013