Bogdanovci

Bogdanovci is a village and a municipality in the Vukovar-Srijem County in eastern Croatia. It is located a few kilometers south of Vukovar in eastern Slavonia. Bogdanovci is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.

History

The village was established in the Middle Ages before the Ottoman conquest of the region as a subsidiary settlement of the former village of Mikole. Following the Ottoman conquest Mikole was abandoned with majority of residents moving to Bogdanovci. In the second half of 17th century Calvinists constituted significant part of the local population but they were converted into Catholicism by Franciscan monks who moved to Vukovar from Srijemske Laze.

In 2021, the municipality had 1,545 residents in the following settlements:

In the 2011 census there were:

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Albanians, Pannonian Rusyns, Serbs and Ukrainians of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Bogdanovci Municipality with some councils electing less than 10 but more than 5 members.