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Klisa, Osijek-Baranja County

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Klisa
Village (Selo)
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Klisa is located in Osijek-Baranja County
Klisa
Klisa
Klisa is located in Croatia
Klisa
Klisa
Klisa is located in Europe
Klisa
Klisa
Coordinates: 45°28′31″N 18°50′00″E / 45.475343°N 18.833291°E / 45.475343; 18.833291
Country Croatia
RegionSlavonia (Podunavlje)
County Osijek-Baranja
City Osijek
Government
 • TypeLocal committee
 • BodyKlisa Local Committee
Area
[1]
 • Total5.3 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Elevation
[2]
88 m (289 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total242
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Klišanin (♂) Klišanka (♀)
(per grammatical gender)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
31 207

Klisa (Serbian Cyrillic: Клиса, Hungarian: Tard) is a village in Croatia. Klisa is administratively part of the City of Osijek and is administered as one of suburbs. The Osijek Airport is located southwest of the village. Klisa belongs to the first category among the Areas of Special State Concern.[4] The settlement was originally one of regional pustaras, a Pannonian type of hamlet.[5] It was established as a colonist settlement during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.[6]

Geography

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Klisa is connected with the rest of country by the D2 road and the Osijek Airport. There are 4 streets in total in village and they bear the names Vukovarska, Radnička, Dalmatinska and Đura Jakšić Street.[7] Until 1991 Klisa was administratively part of the Vukovar municipality.[8] Historically, up to 1948, Klisa was statistically reported as a part of Bobota or Bijelo Brdo.[8]

Demographics

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At the time of 2011 Census of Croatia, 83% of the local population comprised Serbs, while ethnic Croats were 16% of the population.[2] Klisa is facing very high level of population decline caused by high death rate, low birth rate and high emigration.[8] Together with Tvrđavica, Klisa has the worst demographic indicators among the settlements of the City of Osijek.[8] Population of Klisa is on average the oldest in the City of Osijek.[8] If current trends remain in place, population projection for Klisa estimate that village will be extinct until 2050.[8]

Klisa: Population trends 1857–2021
population
5
51
71
129
118
115
18
124
176
225
331
308
346
419
463
324
242
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021
Note: Was a part of another settlement up to 1931. Standalone settlement since 1948. Enlarged by annexing part of Bobota and Bijelo Brdo in 1991. Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Politics

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In 2018 local elections in Osijek Klisa was a polling place with the lowest turnout.[9] Only 15 voters participated in elections constituting turnout of just below 6%.[9] 14 out of 15 voters voted for the Democratic Alliance of Serbs which was the only party on the local ballot while one vote was irregular.[9] The Independent Democratic Serb Party, dominant party among the Serbs of Croatia, did not participate in the elections while the Croatian Democratic Union was an absolute winner at the city level.[9]

Education

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Branch school of Elementary school Bobota is located in Klisa, 4 kilometers away from central school in Bobota.[10] Education at the local school in Klisa is conducted in Serbian. The school building in Vera was built in 1924 and additional parts were completed in 1933.[10] The school has only one classroom, hallway, toilets and a storage room.[10] Building is in poor condition due to deterioration of the roof construction, carpentry, and especially electrical installations.[10]

Culture

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The day of Pentecost, as celebrated in accordance with the Eastern Orthodox Julian Calendar, is the public holiday of the Local Council of Klisa.[7]

Since 2001 the City and University Library of Osijek is providing bookmobile services in Klisa.[11] Vehicle was a gift from the Balkan Peace Project from Haarlem in the Netherlands while the City of Osijek is paying salaries for employees.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ a b "Toponim: Klisa, Osijek". Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  4. ^ "Područja posebne državne skrbi". Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  5. ^ Barišić Bogišić, Lidija (2022). O neslavenskom stanovništvu na vukovarskom području. Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada. p. 156. ISBN 978-953-169-497-1.
  6. ^ Šimončić-Bobetko, Zdenka (1990). "Kolonizacija u Hrvatskoj 1919.—1941. godine" [Colonization in Croatia Between 1919 and 1941]. Povijesni prilozi (in Croatian). 9 (9). Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest: 160–162. ISSN 0351-9767.
  7. ^ a b "Mjesni odbor Klisa". Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Marina Perić. "Demografski razvoj Grada Osijeka nakon 1971. godine: Diplomski rad". Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  9. ^ a b c d "Mjesni odbor Klisa". Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d "Osnovna škola Bobota-o školi". Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Povijest Gradske i sveučilišne knjižnice Osijek". Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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