Trpinja
Trpinja
Трпиња (Serbian) | |
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| Municipality of Trpinja Općina Trpinja Општина Трпиња | |
Firefighters in Vera World War II monument in Trpinja | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Trpinja Location of Trpinja in Croatia Trpinja Trpinja (Croatia) Trpinja Trpinja (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 45°25′N 18°54′E / 45.417°N 18.900°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| Region | Slavonia (Podunavlje) |
| County | Vukovar-Syrmia |
| Municipal seat Largest settlement | Trpinja Bobota |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Miroslav Palić (Independent) |
| Area | |
| 122.8 km2 (47.4 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 30.0 km2 (11.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 86 m (282 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| 4,167 | |
| • Density | 33.93/km2 (87.89/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,130 |
| • Urban density | 37.7/km2 (97.6/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Trpinjanin (♂) Trpinjanka (♀) (per grammatical gender) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 32224 Trpinja |
| Area code | 32 |
| Vehicle registration | VU |
| Official languages | Croatian, Serbian |
| Municipality established | April 13, 1997 |
| Website | opcinatrpinja |
Trpinja (Serbian Cyrillic: Трпиња, Hungarian: Terpenye) is a village and an eponymous municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. It lies along the D2 state road connecting Osijek and Vukovar, approximately two kilometres northwest of Vukovar. During the Battle of Vukovar of the Croatian War of Independence this route, known locally as Trpinjska cesta (“Trpinja road”), became one of the major battle sites.
The Municipality of Trpinja was established in 1997 under the administration of United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES). It was created as one of several predominantly Serb municipalities to secure local self-government for the Serb community in the region following the war. Trpinja is the northernmost municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County and comprises seven villages. According to the 2011 census, the municipality had a population of 5,572, of whom 1,537 resided in the village of Trpinja itself.
The landscape of the municipality is characteristic of the Pannonian Basin, dominated by flat plains and extensive agricultural land cultivated with maize, wheat, sunflower, and sugar beet.