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Širine (Hungarian: Braidaföld) is a settlement in the region of Baranja, Croatia. Administratively, it is located in the Petlovac municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County. Population is 58 people.[1]

Širine
Village
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Coordinates: 45°46′07″N 18°33′38″E
Country	Croatia
Region	Baranya
County	Osijek-Baranja
Municipality	Petlovac
Elevation	299 ft (91 m)
Population  (2011)
• Total	58
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	31300 Beli Manastir
Area code(s)	(+385) 31

History

Širine has existed as part of the settlement from 1869. It was formally established as an independent settlement in 1991, when it was separated from the territory of Šumarina.

Population

Ethnic composition, 1991. census

Širine
1991
total: 170   Croats 70 (41.17%)   Yugoslavs 25 (14.70%)   Hungarians 20 (11.76%)   Serbs 18 (10.58%)   Germans 14 (8.23%)   Slovenes 12 (7.05%)   Montenegrins 4 (2.35%)   Albanians 1 (0.58%)   Turks 1 (0.58%)   ethnically undeclared 3 (1.76%)   regionaly declared 2 (1.17%)

References

Literature

• Book: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, author: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;

See also

• Osijek-Baranja county
• Baranja

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