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Municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia, Croatia

Trpinja-Трпиња
Municipality
Trpinja Municipality Općina Trpinja - Општина Трпиња
Coat of arms of Trpinja-ТрпињаCoat of arms
Country	Croatia
County	Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
• Municipal mayor	Miroslav Palić
Area
• Total	123.87 km (47.83 sq mi)
Population
• Total	5,680
• Density	46/km (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32224 Trpinja
Area code	32
Website	http://www.trpinja.hr/

Trpinja (Serbian Cyrillic: Трпиња) is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. There are 1,537 inhabitants in village Trpinja and 5,680 inhabitants in the municipality according to the 2011 census. The majority of the population are Serbs, making up 89.29% of the population according to the 2001 population census. Trpinja development index is less than 50% of the Croatian average, which classifies them into 10% of the poorest municipalities. Therefore, the municipality is part of the Areas of Special State Concern.

Geography

The municipality have total area of 123.87 km2 (47.8 sq mi). River Vuka flows through the municipality in length of 8 kilometers and also an artificial Bobota Canal in length of 20 kilometers. The territory of the municipality is completely flat very fertile black soil.

History

Name of the Trpinja settlement was first mentioned in 1329 in one document issued in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. Document is today kept in Budapest, Hungary. The village was owned by the gentry until it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1536. Ottoman authorities settled Serb population in this area, which resulted in decreased percentage of local Hungarians. Area was under Ottoman administration until 1691, when it was conquered by the Habsburg Monarchy. According to the census of 1732, Trpinja had 109 Serb families. Built of the Serbian Orthodox church began in 1750 and was completed in 1755. The first school in Trpinja was opened in 1776, while in 1859 Trpinja had a factory for spinning silk. In 1882, population of Trpinja numbered about 1,800 people in 400 homes. The inhabitants were Christian Orthodox Serbs, except of 2-3 families of Roman Catholic faith. Although the period of First World War in a village was marked by a disease and poverty, Trpinja residents hosted the population of the village of Jacov. The villagers participated in the anti-fascist struggle in World War II, and one number of them ended up in concentration camps of Independent State of Croatia. According to the 1981 census, Trpinja had 2,243 inhabitants.

Population

Economy

Education

Elementary School in Trpinja is one of the oldest schools in the region. It was established back in 1776. Upon completion of eight years of elementary school, students usually continue their education in secondary schools in Vukovar where they attend classes on serbian language. The three most-popular universities after high school are University of Novi Sad, University of Osijek and University of Belgrade.

Points of Interest

Serbian Orthodox Church in Trpinja was built in 1754. The church is a cultural monument and is on the list of immovable cultural heritage of Republic of Croatia. Valuable objects in the church are also on the list of movable cultural heritage of Republic of Croatia. Object is in regular use and is also open for visitors at certain time. Tourist visitors pay no entrance.

At the central site in the Trpinja is set up a monument fallen soldiers from World War II and the fallen soldiers and victims of war in 1991.

Local cultural society "Mladost" was founded in 1995. His work preserves and promotes the folk customs and culture of Serbs of Croatian Danube region.

Associations and Institutions

In the village exist a volunteer fire department Trpinja, folk Cultural and Artistic Association "MLADOST", Serbian Cultural Society "Prosvjeta", football club "Sinđelić", chess club "Trpinja", Hunting Association "Srndać" and Hunting Association "Trpinja", Association of subsidiaries of pensioners of Trpinja municipality and Subsidiary of pensioners of Trpinja, "Treća životna dob" ("Third age"), The association of anti-fascist fighters of the National Liberation War and Anti-Fascists of Trpinja municipality.

Settlements

There are seven villages in the municipality. Their population according to the 2011 census is as follows:

Settlement	population
Bobota	1,540
Bršadin	1,357
Ćelije	121
Ludvinci	113
Pačetin	548
Trpinja	1,537
Vera	458

Sport

NK Sinđelić Trpinja
Chess Club Trpinja

Notable natives and residents

References

External links

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Towns	Ilok Otok Vinkovci Vukovar (seat) Županja	Coat of arms of Vukovar-Srijem County
Municipalities	Andrijaševci Babina Greda Bogdanovci Borovo Bošnjaci Cerna Drenovci Gradište Gunja Ivankovo Jarmina Lovas Markušica Negoslavci Nijemci Nuštar Privlaka Stari Jankovci Stari Mikanovci Štitar Tompojevci Tordinci Tovarnik Trpinja Vođinci Vrbanja	Coat of arms of Vukovar-Srijem County