Šarengrad

Šarengrad (Serbian Cyrillic: Шаренград, Hungarian: Atya, German: Wetterwardein) is a village in eastern Croatia. It is located along the Danube river and is administratively part of Croatian easternmost town of Ilok. Šarengrad is known for its landscape which is dominated by the river and picturesque houses and church tower next to it. Island of Šarengrad is an 9 km2 river island situated close to the village.

Geography

The village is located in the Syrmia region, on the Fruška Gora slopes, next to the Danube river.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Šarengrad had 528 inhabitants.

Population
1857 1869 1880 1890 1900 1910 1921 1931 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
1,265 1,484 1,424 1,558 1,489 1,472 1,392 1,448 1,349 1,622 1,443 1,357 1,106 1,005 838 528

1991 census

Šarengrad
1991

total: 1,005

  Croats 904 (89.95%)
  Serbs 48 (4.77%)
  Slovaks 7 (0.69%)
  Yugoslavs 6 (0.59%)
  Hungarians 4 (0.39%)
  Muslims 3 (0.29%)
  Slovenes 2 (0.19%)
  Germans 1 (0.09%)
  Macedonians 1 (0.09%)
  Montenegrins 1 (0.09%)
  others 2 (0.19%)
  nondeclared 10 (0.99%)
  unknown 16 (1.59%)

1910 census

Šarengrad
Population by language Population by religion

total: 1,472

  Croatian 1,008 (68.47%)
  Serbian 232 (15.76%)
  Hungarian 117 (7.94%)
  German 75 (5.09%)
  Ruthenian 17 (1.15%)
  Slovak 12 (0.81%)
  Czech 1 (0.06%)
  Romanian 1 (0.06%)
  others 9 (0.61%)
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total: 1,472

  Rom. Cath. 1,188 (80.70%)
  East. Orthodox 242 (16.44%)
  East. Catholics 20 (1.35%)
  Calvinists 12 (0.81%)
  Jewish 8 (0.54%)
  Lutherans 2 (0.13%)
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