Vrbje
Vrbje is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia.
In the 2011 census, there were 2,215 inhabitants, in the following settlements.
- 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.
History
The village of Vrbje was first mentioned in 1720. The local Roman Catholic Church of Saint Joseph was mentioned in 1758 at the time when it was still a wooden construction. 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.
References
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Vrbje". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.