Ernestinovo
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| Coordinates: 45°27′N 18°40′E / 45.45°N 18.66°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| Region | Slavonia (Podunavlje) |
| County |  Osijek-Baranja |
| Area | |
| 32.0 km2 (12.4 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 10.9 km2 (4.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| 1,948 | |
| • Density | 60.9/km2 (158/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 996 |
| • Urban density | 91.4/km2 (237/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| Website | ernestinovo |
Ernestinovo (Hungarian: Ernőháza, German: Ernestinenhof, Serbian Cyrillic: Ернестиново) is a village and a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.
The municipality of Ernestinovo was founded in 1884, before that Ernestinovo was part of the municipality of Čepin.[3]
In the 2011 census, there were a total of 2,189 inhabitants, 78% of them Croats, 19% Hungarians, and 7% Serbs.[4] The municipality consists of the settlements of Divoš (pop. 63), Ernestinovo (pop. 1,047), and Laslovo (pop. 1,079).[5]
Ernestinovo also had some people of German descent, although most of the German inhabitants were expelled in 1944.[6]
North of Ernestinovo lies the major HEP Substation TS Ernestinovo, which was originally built in 1977 as the first 400 kV station in Croatia. It is connected with long-distance power lines to TS Tumbri/Žerjavinec (Zagreb) and Pécs, Hungary. It had been destroyed in the Croatian War of Independence in 1991,[7] but was fully repaired in 2003.[8] Bobota Canal passes next to the village.
Ernestinovo is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[9]
