Vrbje

Vrbje

Vrbje

Place in Brod-Posavina, Croatia

Vrbje is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia.

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In the 2011 census, there were 2,215 inhabitants, in the following settlements.[3]

  • Bodovaljci, population 552
  • Dolina, population 254
  • Mačkovac, population 289
  • Savski Bok, population 57
  • Sičice, population 391
  • Visoka Greda, population 217
  • Vrbje, population 455

In the same census, 99% were Croats.[4]

History

The village of Vrbje was first mentioned in 1720.[5] The local Roman Catholic Church of Saint Joseph was mentioned in 1758 at the time when it was still a wooden construction.[5] A new baroque style church was erected in period between 1773 and 1789 and its most recent reconstruction took place in 1985 during the time of the Socialist Republic of Croatia.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. [2]
    "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Vrbje". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. [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. [5]
    Škiljan, Filip (2010). Kulturno – historijski spomenici zapadne Slavonije s pregledom povijesti zapadne Slavonije od prapovijesti do 20. stoljeća [Cultural and historical monuments of western Slavonia with an overview of the history of western Slavonia from prehistory to the 20th century] (in Serbian). Zagreb, Croatia: Serb National Council. ISBN 978-953-7442-07-1.
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