Čeminac

Čeminac
Municipality
Municipality of Čeminac Općina Čeminac
Map of Čeminac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County
Čeminac Location in Croatia
Coordinates:
Country	Croatia
County	Osijek-Baranja County
Government
• Mayor	Damir Rešetar
Area
• Total	72 km2 (28 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	2,856
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Čeminac (German: Laskafeld) is a village and municipality in Osijek-Baranja county, Croatia. There are 2,856 inhabitants in the municipality.

Geography

Čeminac is located in the central part of Croatian Baranja and it is surrounded by the municipalities of: Jagodnjak, Beli Manastir, Kneževi Vinogradi, Bilje, and Darda.

The municipality of Čeminac includes the following settlements:

• Čeminac
• Grabovac
• Kozarac
• Mitrovac
• Novi Čeminac

History

The Čeminac area was home to a sizeable German population before the end of World War II. With the Red Army's crossing of the Danube at Batina most of these Germans left, and their property was confiscated by Communist Yugoslavia's government.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the municipality (2001 census):

• 89.57% Croats
• 3.92% Hungarians
• 2.66% Serbs
• 1.16% Germans

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Čeminac is Azure a Lion rampant double-queued Or holding a Plough-share Argent.

See also

• Osijek-Baranja County
• Baranja