Marinci, Vukovar-Syrmia County

Marinci
Marinci
	Marinci
	Coordinates: 45.339854°N 18.900229°E
Country	Croatia
County	Vukovar-Syrmia
Municipality	Nuštar

Marinci is a village in the Nuštar municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia located northeast of Vinkovci and southwest of Vukovar. The population is 670 (census 2011).[1]

The village is located on the county road Ž4137 Nuštar-Bogdanovci-Vukovar[2] and its position was strategically important during the 1991 Battle of Vukovar.[3][4]

Name

The name of the village in Croatian is in the plural, and therefore it is grammatically correct to refer to it as "Marinci are" instead of "Marinci is". A hypothetical singular version of the name would be Marinac.

References

"Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Marinci". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
"Decision on categorization of public roads as state roads, county roads and local roads". Narodne novine (in Croatian). February 17, 2010.
Central Intelligence Agency Office of Russian and European Analysis (2000). Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990-1995: Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Tus, Anton (2001). "The war up to the Sarajevo Ceasefire". In Magaš, Branko; Žanić, Ivo (eds.). The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 1991-1995. London: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 0-7146-8201-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[census2011-1] "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Marinci". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

[NN-klasifikacija-2] "Decision on categorization of public roads as state roads, county roads and local roads". Narodne novine (in Croatian). February 17, 2010.

[3] Central Intelligence Agency Office of Russian and European Analysis (2000). Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990-1995: Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency. ISBN 978-0-16-066472-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[4] Tus, Anton (2001). "The war up to the Sarajevo Ceasefire". In Magaš, Branko; Žanić, Ivo (eds.). The War in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina 1991-1995. London: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 0-7146-8201-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)