Petlovac

Petlovac is a village and municipality in the western part of Baranja, which comprise the northern part of Osijek-Baranja County in Croatia.

Name

Its name derived from the Croatian word "petao" ("rooster" in English).

Demographics

Municipality of Petlovac has 2,743 inhabitants (2001 census), including: [http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/censuses/Census2001/Popis/H01_02_02/H01_02_02_zup14.html]
*71.35% Croats
*14.40% Hungarians
*5.25% Serbs
*3.24% Roma
*1.28% Slovenians

Geography

It is located between border with Hungary in the north-west, Baranja municipalities of Beli Manastir and Jagodnjak in the east and Slavonia region in the south-west.

The municipality of Petlovac include following settlements:
*Petlovac
*Baranjsko Petrovo Selo
*Luč
*Novi Bezdan
*Novo Nevesinje
*Sudaraš
*Širine
*Torjanci
*Zeleno Polje

See also

* Osijek-Baranja County
* Baranja

External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/HR/0/Petlovac.html Petlovac]