Mečenčani

Coordinates: 45°17′N 16°26′E / 45.283°N 16.433°E

Mečenčani Меченчани (Serbian)[1]
Village
Country	Croatia
Municipality	Donji Kukuruzari
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Mečenčani (Serbian Cyrillic: Меченчани)^[1] is a village in the Donji Kukuruzari municipality, Central Croatia.

Geography

The village is located in the region of Banovina (known as Banija).

History

In 1905, the municipality of Mečenčani existed in the Zagreb County of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, having 5025 people, of whom Serbs of the Orthodox faith numbered 4574 (91.1%).^[2]

It was previously part of the Kostajnica municipality. Before the outbreak of the Croatian War, the SAO Krajina (1990-1991) was self-proclaimed in the region by ethnic Serbs who denied Croatian president Franjo Tudjman's goal of an independent Croatia outside Yugoslavia. SAO Krajina was merged with other so-called "Serbian Autonomous Oblasts" to form the Republic of Serbian Krajina (1991-1996) which included most of Serbian-inhabited Croatia. The region was subsequently taken over by the Croatian government after the successful Operation Storm.

Demographics

Demographic history

Ethnic group	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001
Serbs						213 (97,70%)
Croats						1 (0,45%)
Yugoslavs						4 (1,83%)
Others and unknown						0
Total[3]	307	341	313	245	237	218	168

References

1. "PETO IZVJEŠĆE REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE O PRIMJENI EUROPSKE POVELJE O REGIONALNIM ILI MANJINSKIM JEZICIMA, page 36" (PDF). Retrieved 30 May 2015.
2. Srpska pravoslavna mitropolija karlovačka: Po podacima od 1905. god. Srpska manastirska štamparija. 1910. p. 1035.

   Управна опћина Меченчани има 5025 душа, од којих су Срби православне вере 4574 (91°,1).

3. Croatia censuses 1948-2001

• Савезни завод за статистику и евиденцију ФНРЈ и СФРЈ, попис становништва 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. и 1991. године.