Jarmina

Jarmina is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia.

Jarmina
Municipality
Municipality of Jarmina
Općina Jarmina
Flag
Seal
Jarmina
Location in Croatia
Jarmina
Jarmina (Croatia)
Jarmina
Jarmina (Europe)
Coordinates: 45°19′N 18°44′E
Country Croatia
County Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
 • MayorAndrija Draganić (HDZ)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,458
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
32280
Area code(s)32
Vehicle registrationVK
Websitewww.jarmina.hr

Name

In German the village is known as Jahrmein or Hermann, in Hungarian as Járomnaszentmiklós, and in Serbian Cyrillic as Јармина.

Demographics

Before World War II there was a substantial German-speaking Danube Swabian population here.

According to the 2011 census, there are 2,458 inhabitants,[1] 99.27% which are Croats.[2]

Characteristics

The municipality is home to a monument to defenders and civilians killed in the Croatian War of Independence which has the names of 15 deceased people.[3]

Near Borinci, a hamlet between Jarmina and Vinkovci, there is a 171 metres tall guyed mast for FM-/TV-broadcasting.

Jarmina is unofficial name of the Vinkovci Marshaling yard and freight railway station.

See also

References
  1. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Jarmina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  2. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Vukovar-Sirmium". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  3. Monument to the killed in the Homeland War unveiled in Jarmina
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