Marinci, Croatia

Marinci
Marinci
Coordinates: 45°20′23″N 18°54′01″E / 45.339854°N 18.900229°E / 45.339854; 18.900229

Marinci is a village in the Nuštar Municipality, Vukovar-Syrmia County, eastern Croatia located northeast of Vinkovci and southwest of Vukovar. The population is 671 (census 2011).^[1]

The village is located on the county road Ž4137 Nuštar-Bogdanovci-Vukovar^[2] and its position was strategically important during the 1991 Battle of Vukovar.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011, First Results by Settlements" (in Croatian and English) (HTML). Statistical Reports (Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics) (1441). June 2011. ISSN 1332-0297. http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/census2011/htm/E11_Zup26_2941.html. Retrieved 2011-09-15. 
2. ^ "Decision on categorization of public roads as state roads, county roads and local roads" (in Croatian). Narodne novine. February 17, 2010. http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2010_02_17_410.html. 
3. ^ Central Intelligence Agency Office of Russian and European Analysis (2000). Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990-1995: Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency. ISBN 9780160664724. 
4. ^ Tus, Anton (2001). "The war up to the Sarajevo Ceasefire". In Magaš, Branko; Žanić, Ivo. The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 1991-1995. London: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 0714682012.