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Jarmina
Municipality
Country Croatia
County Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
 • MayorAndrija Draganić (HDZ)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
2,627
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
Area code32
Vehicle registrationVK
Websitewww.jarmina.hr

Jarmina is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Srijem County in Croatia.

Name

In German the village is known as Jahrmein or Hermann, in Hungarian as Járomnaszentmiklós, and in Serbian Cyrillic as Јармина.

Demographics

Before World War II there was a substantial German-speaking Danube Swabian population here. According to the 2001 census, there are 2,627 inhabitants, 98.13% which are Croats.

Characteristics

The municipality is home to a monument to defenders and civilians killed in the Croatian War of Independence which has the names of 15 deceased people.[1]

Near Borinci, a village, which belongs to Jarmina, there is a 171 metres tall guyed mast for FM-/TV-broadcasting.

Jarmina is unofficial name of the Vinkovci Marshaling yard and freight railway station.

See also

References