Banovci, Vukovar-Srijem County
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Banovci Бановци (Serbian) |
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 Banovci
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| Coordinates: 45°11′06″N 19°03′55″E / 45.184934°N 19.065382°E | |
| Country |
 Croatia
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| Region | Syrmia (Podunavlje) |
| County |
 Vukovar-Srijem
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| Municipality | Nijemci |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 432 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 32247 Banovci |
Banovci (German: Schider Banovci,Serbian Cyrillic: Бановци) is a village in eastern Croatia, near the Serbian border. It is connected to surrounding areas by the D46 highway and Zagreb-Belgrade Railway. The village is 116 km away from Belgrade (Serbia), 158 km from Sarajevo (Bosnia), 249 km from Zagreb (Croatia) and 257 km from Budapest (Hungary).
The village of Banovci was called "Novi Banovci" up until the year 1900 and "Šidski Banovci" between 1910 and 1991, with many local residents continuing to use the latter title. The first word in the post-1910 name is a possessive adjective derived from the name of the nearest town, Šid, located 12 kilometers from Banovci in neighboring Serbia. Similarly titled, Vinkovački Banovci is the name of the village adjacent to Banovci. Croatian Railways, the national railway company, still uses the name Šidski Banovci for the local railway station to distinguish it from the village of the same name (Banovci) in Brod-Posavina County.
Due to the local minority population, the Nijemci municipality allows the use of not only Croatian as the official language, but the Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet as well in Banovci.
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