Ernestinovo (Hungarian: Ernőháza, German: Ernestinenhof, Serbian Cyrillic: Ернестиново) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.
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Coordinates: 45.45°N 18.66°E / 45.45; 18.66 | |
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Region | Slavonia (Podunavlje) |
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• Total | 32.30 km2 (12.47 sq mi) |
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• Total | 2,189 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
There are a total of 2,189 inhabitants, 78% of whom are Croats, 19% are Hungarians, and 7% are Serbs.[2] The municipality consists of the settlements of Divoš (pop. 63), Ernestinovo (pop. 1,047), and Laslovo (pop. 1,079).[3]
Ernestinovo also has some people of German descent, although most of the German inhabitants were expelled in 1944.[4]
North of Ernestinovo lies the major HEP Substation TS Ernestinovo, which was originally built in 1977 as the first 400 kV station in Croatia. It is connected with long-distance power lines to TS Tumbri/Žerjavinec (Zagreb) and Pécs, Hungary. It had been destroyed in the Croatian War of Independence in 1991,[5] but was fully repaired in 2003.[6] Bobota Canal passes next to the village.
Ernestinovo is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[7]
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