Tovarnik
Tovarnik | |
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Clockwise, from top right: Tovarnik railway station, Serbian Orthodox Church of St. George, stable, Roman Catholic Church of Saint Matthew, Birthplace of Antun Gustav Matoš and Municipal building | |
| Coordinates: 45°10′N 19°9′E / 45.167°N 19.150°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| Region | Syrmia (Podunavlje) |
| County | Vukovar-Syrmia |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Anđelko Dobročinac (HDZ ) |
| Area | |
| 64.5 km2 (24.9 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 37.9 km2 (14.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| 2,067 | |
| • Density | 32/km2 (83/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,385 |
| • Urban density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Tovarničanin (♂) Tovarničanka (♀) (per grammatical gender) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 32249 |
| Area code | 32 |
| Vehicle registration | VU |
| Website | opcina-tovarnik |
Tovarnik (pronounced [tǒvaːrniːk], Hungarian: Felsőtárnok, German: Sankt Georg, Latin: Ulmo) is a municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in Croatia next to the border with Serbia with the town of Šid and the village of Ilinci on the other side of the border. According to the 2001 census, there are 2,775 inhabitants, 91.06% which are Croats. The municipality is part of Syrmia. It is the birthplace of great Croatian poet Antun Gustav Matoš. Tovarnik is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.