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Otok, Vukovar-Syrmia County

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Otok (Hungarian: Atak) is a town in eastern Croatia, located 20 km south of Vinkovci, in eastern Slavonia. The settlement gained the status of town by the decision of the Parliament of Croatia on July 13, 2006.[3] At the time, nearby Privlaka was a part of the municipality, but was subsequently declared a municipality in its own right. The population of the town of Otok is 6,343 (census 2011), with 4,694 residents in Otok itself and 1,649 in the nearby village of Komletinci.[4] In the census of 2011, 99.31% of the population declared themselves Croats.[5]

Town of Otok: Population trends 1857–2021
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Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications
Country Croatia
TimezoneUTC+1 (CET)
Postal code
32252
Websiteotok.hr
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Otok is located in Vukovar-Syrmia County
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Coordinates: 45°8′48.12″N 18°53′2.04″E
Country Croatia
RegionSlavonia (Syrmia, Spačva basin)
County Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
 • MayorSlavko Grgić (DP)
Area
[1]
 • Town
136.5 km2 (52.7 sq mi)
 • Urban
74.1 km2 (28.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Town
4,899
 • Density35.89/km2 (92.95/sq mi)
 • Urban
3,571
 • Urban density48.2/km2 (125/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
32252
Area code32
Vehicle registrationVK
Websiteotok.hr
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History

Following Ottoman retreat from the region, the Lordship of Vukovar was established, and the village became part of its domain.[6]

Otok (settlement)

Settlement of Otok: Population trends 1857–2021
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Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

1991 census

Otok[7]
Population by ethnicity
total: 5,889
  1. Croats 5,758 (97.8%)
  2. Serbs 25 (0.42%)
  3. Muslims 17 (0.28%)
  4. Hungarians 9 (0.15%)
  5. Slovaks 7 (0.11%)
  6. Yugoslavs 5 (0.08%)
  7. Albanians 3 (0.05%)
  8. Slovenes 2 (0.03%)
  9. Germans 1 (0.01%)
  10. Rusyns 1 (0.01%)
  11. nondeclared 23 (0.39%)
  12. unknown 38 (0.64%)

1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Otok had 3,568 inhabitants which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Otok[7]
Population by languagePopulation by religion
total: 3,568
  1. Croatian 3,119 (87.4%)
  2. German 123 (3.44%)
  3. Hungarian 56 (1.56%)
  4. Serbian 48 (1.34%)
  5. Slovene 41 (1.14%)
  6. Slovak 8 (0.22%)
  7. Czech 2 (0.05%)
  8. Italian 1 (0.02%)
  9. Rusyn 1 (0.02%)
  10. others 169 (4.73%)
total: 3,568
  1. Rom. Cath. 3,299 (92.5%)
  2. East. Orthodox 214 (5.99%)
  3. Jewish 18 (0.50%)
  4. Calvinists 17 (0.47%)
  5. Lutherans 11 (0.30%)
  6. East. Catholics 9 (0.25%)

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