Jasenovac, Sisak-Moslavina County

Jasenovac
Općina Jasenovac
Municipality of Jasenovac
Monastery Jasenovac
Monastery Jasenovac
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Location of Jasenovac in Croatia
Jasenovac is located in Croatia
Jasenovac
Jasenovac
Coordinates: 45°16′N 16°55′E / 45.267°N 16.917°E / 45.267; 16.917
Country Croatia
County Sisak-Moslavina
Government
 • MayorMarija Mačković (HDZ)
Area
 • Municipality163.9 km2 (63.3 sq mi)
 • Urban
58.2 km2 (22.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality1,559
 • Density9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
 • Urban
525
 • Urban density9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websiteopcina-jasenovac.hr

Jasenovac (Croatian pronunciation: [jasěnoʋat͡s]) is a village and a municipality in Croatia, in the southern part of the Sisak-Moslavina County at the confluence of the river Una into Sava. In Croatian and Serbian word "jasen" means ash tree and the name Jasenovac means "ashen, or made of ash tree".[3] During World War II, it was the site of the Jasenovac concentration camp.

Image of Jasenovac Municipality within Sisak-Moslavina County
  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ Logos, Aleksandar A. (2022). "Jasenovac in Croatia or a short story about a war and mass killing in it". p. 28 with footnote 88. Retrieved 2023-01-28.

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