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Jarmina is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia.

Jarmina
Municipality
Municipality of Jarmina Općina Jarmina
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Coordinates: 45°19′N 18°44′E
Country	Croatia
County	Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
• Mayor	Andrija Draganić (HDZ)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	2,458
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32280
Area code	32
Vehicle registration	VK
Website	www.jarmina.hr

Name

In German the village is known as Jahrmein or Hermann, in Hungarian as Járomnaszentmiklós, and in Serbian Cyrillic as Јармина.

Demographics

Before World War II there was a substantial German-speaking Danube Swabian population here.

According to the 2011 census, there are 2,458 inhabitants,[1] 99.27% which are Croats.[2]

Characteristics

The municipality is home to a monument to defenders and civilians killed in the Croatian War of Independence which has the names of 15 deceased people.[3]

Near Borinci, a hamlet between Jarmina and Vinkovci, there is a 171 metres tall guyed mast for FM-/TV-broadcasting.

Jarmina is unofficial name of the Vinkovci Marshaling yard and freight railway station.

See also

• Vukovar-Syrmia County
• Syrmia

References

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