Tordinci
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Tordinci is a village and a municipality in the Vukovar-Srijem County in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. According to the 2001 census, there are 2,251 inhabitants, 75.88% Croat
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 and 18% Hungarian.

The settlements in the municipality are:
  • Antin
    Antin, Croatia
    Antin is a village located 18 km northwest of Vinkovci in Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia. Population 806 ....

     (population 806)
  • Korog (population 521)
  • Mlaka Antinska (population 88)
  • Tordinci (population 836)


In the Croatian War of Independence
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...

 Serb forces destroyed the bell-towers of a Catholic parish in the village of Tordinci by artillery fire. In 2008 the towers were restored.
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