Brodski Varoš

Village in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia

45°11′24″N 18°1′37″E / 45.19000°N 18.02694°E / 45.19000; 18.02694Country

CroatiaCountyBrod-Posavina CountyMunicipalitySlavonski BrodArea

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• Total7.6 km² (2.9 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Total1,829 • Density240/km² (620/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Brodski Varoš is a village in municipality of Slavonski Brod in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. The town is notable for being the birthplace of Đuro Đaković, a prominent labor rights activist and communist revolutionary in Yugoslavia between two World Wars. More recently, Brodski Varoš has gained attention as the residence of Klepetan and Malena, a mating pair of storks whose relationship was covered by the media, raising public interest in the lives of migratory birds.^[3]

History

Brodski Varoš was settled by German Protestants in the 1800s.

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. 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.
^ "Klepetan and Malena – Croatia's most Unusual Love Story". www.total-croatia-news.com. Archived from the original on 2023-04-04. Retrieved 2019-12-27.