Ilok
Ilok | |
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| Grad Ilok Town of Ilok | |
       Photographs of Ilok | |
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Vukovar-Syrmia | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marina Budimir |
| Area | |
| • Town | 129.0 km2 (49.8 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 57.7 km2 (22.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Town | 5,045 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,842 |
| • Urban density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Iločanin (♂) Iločanka (♀) (per UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 32236 |
| Area code | +385 (0)32 |
| Website | ilok |
Ilok (pronounced
Name
In
History
The area of present-day Ilok was populated since the neolithic and
In 12th and 13th centuries the market-town of Ilok was mentioned in documents under various names (Iwnlak, Vilak, Vylok, Wyhok, Wylak). At the end of the 13th century, Hungarian kings gave the Vylak castrum to the powerful
After 1354, the town of Ilok belonged to Nicholas and Paul
In 1526, the town came under Ottoman rule. During this time, it was mainly populated by Muslims. In 1566–69, Ilok had 238 Muslim and 27 Christian houses. In 1572, it had 386 Muslim, and 18 Christian houses. In 1669, the population of Ilok numbered 1,160 houses, and town possessed two mosques. It was kaza centre in Sanjak of Syrmia. Habsburg army firstly occupied Ilok in 1688, but Ottomans recaptured it in 1690. In 1697, Habsburg army definitively retook Ilok from the Ottomans and the Muslim population fled.
During the Habsburg rule, Ilok belonged to the Kingdom of Slavonia, a Habsburg province that belonged to both the Kingdom of Croatia, and the Kingdom of Hungary. Between 1849 and 1868, the Kingdom of Slavonia was completely separate Habsburg crownland, and in 1868 it was joined with the Kingdom of Croatia to form the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Ilok was a district capital in the Syrmia County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
In 1918, Ilok first became part of the
On 17 October 1991 during the beginning of the
Ilok is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, the town proper had 3,928 inhabitants, and the whole municipality of Ilok had 5,147. Before the 2001 census, the town was considered part of the old municipality of
| population | 5954 | 7040 | 6547 | 7699 | 7865 | 8451 | 9130 | 9458 | 8839 | 9280 | 10049 | 10449 | 9891 | 9748 | 8351 | 6767 | 5045 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
| Population by settlements | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bapska | 1,624 | 1,313 | 928 | 658 |
| Ilok | 6,775 | 5,897 | 5,072 | 3,842 |
| Mohovo | 344 | 303 | 239 | 183 |
| Šarengrad | 1,005 | 838 | 528 | 362 |
| Total | 9,748 | 8,351 | 6,767 | 5,045 |
| Population by ethnicity | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croats | 6,848 (70.25%) | 6,425 (76.94%) | 5,189 (76.68%) |
| Slovaks | 1,192 (12.22%) | 1,044 (12.50%) | 935 (13.82%) |
| Serbs | 680 (6.97%) | 566 (6.78%) | 439 (6.49%) |
| Hungarians | 115 (1.17%) | 98 (1.17%) | 78 (1.15%) |
| others | 913 (9.36%) | 218 (2.61%) | 126 (1.86%) |
| Total | 9,748 | 8,351 | 6,767 |
2011 census
| Municipality of Ilok[5] |
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| Population by ethnicity |
total: 6,767 Croats 5,189 (76.68%) Slovaks 935 (13.82%) Serbs 439 (6.49%) Hungarians 78 (1.15%) Rusyns 19 (0.28%) Macedonians 14 (0.21%) Germans 12 (0.18%) Albanians 10 (0.15%) Montenegrins 3 (0.04%) Bosniaks 2 (0.03%) Slovenes 2 (0.03%) Czechs 1 (0.01%) Roma 1 (0.01%) declared religion 5 (0.07%) regional affiliation 1 (0.01%) others 5 (0.07%) nondeclared 36 (0.53%) not classified 2 (0.03%) unknown 13 (0.19%)
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Ilok (settlement)
| population | 3110 | 3776 | 3489 | 4288 | 4387 | 4856 | 5475 | 5809 | 5361 | 5696 | 6193 | 6683 | 6700 | 6775 | 5897 | 5072 | 3842 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
1991 census
| Ilok[6] |
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| Population by ethnicity |
total: 6,775 Croats 4,248 (62.70%) Slovaks 1,157 (17.07%) Serbs 484 (7.14%) Yugoslavs 474 (6.99%) Hungarians 105 (1.54%) Rusyns 28 (0.41%) Albanians 10 (0.14%) Muslims 10 (0.14%) Macedonians 9 (0.13%) Montenegrins 8 (0.11%) Germans 5 (0.07%) Czechs 2 (0.02%) Slovenes 2 (0.02%) Ukrainians 1 (0.01%) others 2 (0.02%) nondeclared 145 (2.14%) regionaly declared 7 (0.10%) unknown 78 (1.15%)
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1910 census
According to the 1910 census, settlement of Ilok had 4,856 inhabitants (in the main settlement Ilok 4,809 and in hamlet of Principovac 47), which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:
| Ilok[6] | |
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| Population by language | Population by religion |
Slovaks in Ilok
2) 1952 invitation to the opening of the Slovak House, Museum of Vojvodina Slovaks
Ilok is one of the centres of the cultural life of the Slovaks of Croatia community.[7] Ilok Slovak community is closely linked with Slovaks in Serbia where there are Slovak communities and Slovak majority villages just across the border and with Slovak language being one of the official languages in Vojvodina.
Once Evangelical Slovaks were granted the right to settle and buy property in the
Slovak branch of the national Union of Czechs and Slovaks was established in Ilok in 1981 with Slovak cultural life continuing even during the Croatian War of Independence.[9] Following the completion of the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium Slovak Cultural and Educational Association Ľudovít Štúr joined the Union of Slovaks in Croatia while local Matica slovenská was established on 18 December 1997.[9] In that period Slovak community used the right to organize Slovak language education for the first four grades until 2002/2003 school year after which only elective Slovak classes were offered.[8] In 2014 local community commemorated 140 years of the existence of the Evangelical-Slovak Church in Ilok.[10]
Politics
Minority councils and representatives
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[11] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Slovaks and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 15 members minority councils of the Town of Ilok.[12]
Gallery
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Ilok library -
View at the town from the castle -
Rom. catholic church of Saint John of Capistrano -
View at the church and Franciscan monastery -
Serbian orthodox church of Saint Archangel Michael -
Principovac estate -
Walls of the castle -
Danube river ferry -
Riverside promenade -
Memorial -
Ilok centre with town hall at the left and library in the middle
Notable people
See also
References
- Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- Austrian Academy of Sciences Press: 31–48. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ Lovrinčević, Željko; Davor, Mikulić; Budak, Jelena (June 2004). "AREAS OF SPECIAL STATE CONCERN IN CROATIA- REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS". Ekonomski pregled, Vol.55 No.5-6. Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;
- ^ Wertheimer-Baletić, Alica (1993). "JEDNO I POL STOLJEĆE U BROJČANOM RAZVOJU STANOVNIŠTVA VUKOVARA I VUKOVARSKOGA KRAJA". Društvena istraživanja: časopis za opća društvena pitanja. 2 (2–3): 455–477.
- ^ a b c d e Boženka Dasovićová (3 July 2017). "Slováci v Iloku". Slovenský kultúrny klub v Srbsku. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d Boženka Čermáková (n.d.). "MATICA SLOVENSKÁ ILOK". Savez Slovaka. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Ilok: Evangelička slovačka crkva". tvprofil.com. 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XVI. VUKOVARSKO-SRIJEMSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 7. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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