Davor, Croatia

Davor is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County. It is located about 40 km (25 mi) west of the city of Slavonski Brod, Croatia, on the left bank of the Sava river across Srbac.

Davor, Croatia
Coordinates: 45°07′N 17°31′E
Country	Croatia
County	Brod-Posavina County
Area [1]
• City	42.7 km2 (16.5 sq mi)
• Urban	22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• City	2,529
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Urban	2,025
• Urban density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Website	davor.hr

There are a total 3,015 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements:^[3]

• Davor, population 2,382
• Orubica, population 633

An absolute majority are Croats (2011 census).^[4]

Davor is the birthplace of Croatian football player Ivica Olić, writer Matija Antun Relković, and Bishop Antun Škvorčević.

The village was called Svinjar before 1896.^[5][6]

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Davor". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
4. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
5. Lončarić, Mijo (1977). "Imenovanja i preimenovanja naseljenih mjesta". Jezik (in Croatian). 25 (4).
6. PSD (18 November 2011). "Kako su Sratok, Krmčina, Zlosela, Svinjar... dobili milozvučnija imena". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian).

External links

• Official website