Mečenčani
Mečenčani (Serbian Cyrillic: Меченчани)[1] is a village in the Donji Kukuruzari municipality, Central Croatia.
Mečenčani | |
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Village | |
Country | |
Region | Continental Croatia (Banovina) |
County | |
Municipality | Donji Kukuruzari |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Geography
The village is located in the region of Banovina (known as Banija).
History
In 1905, the municipality of Mečenčani existed in the Zagreb County of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, having 5025 people, of whom Serbs of the Orthodox faith numbered 4574 (91.1%).[2]
It was previously part of the Kostajnica municipality. Before the outbreak of the Croatian War, the SAO Krajina (1990-1991) was self-proclaimed in the region by ethnic Serbs of Croatia. The region was subsequently reintegrated into Croatia after Operation Storm.
Demographics
Ethnic group | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 |
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Serbs | 213 (97,70%) | ||||||
Croats | 1 (0,45%) | ||||||
Yugoslavs | 4 (1,83%) | ||||||
Others and unknown | 0 | ||||||
Total[3] | 307 | 341 | 313 | 245 | 237 | 218 | 168 |
Religion
Serbian Orthodox Church of the Intercession of the Theotokos
Neoclassicist Serbian Orthodox Church of the Intercession of the Theotokos in Mečenčani was completed in 1877.[4] Its iscons were originally made for the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Donji Kukuruzari.[4]
References
- Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- Srpska pravoslavna mitropolija karlovačka: Po podacima od 1905. god. Srpska manastirska štamparija. 1910. p. 1035.
Управна опћина Меченчани има 5025 душа, од којих су Срби православне вере 4574 (91°,1).
- Croatia censuses 1948-2001
- Škiljan, Filip (2008). Kulturno – historijski spomenici Banije s pregledom povijesti Banije od prapovijesti do 1881 [Cultural and historical monuments of Banija with an overview of history Banija from prehistory to 1881.] (in Serbian). Zagreb, Croatia: Serb National Council. ISBN 978-953-7442-04-0.
- Савезни завод за статистику и евиденцију ФНРЈ и СФРЈ, попис становништва 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. и 1991. године.