Kácsfalu

Jagodnjak Јагодњак (Serbian)
Municipality
Municipality of Jagodnjak Općina Jagodnjak
Jagodnjak Municipal Building
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Jagodnjak Location of Jagodnjak in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°42′N 18°35′E / 45.700°N 18.583°E / 45.700; 18.583
Country	Croatia
Region	Baranya (Podunavlje)
County	Osijek-Baranja
Government
• Municipal mayor	Anđelko Balaban
Area
• Total	105 km2 (41 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,040
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes	31323 Bolman 31324 Jagodnjak
Area code(s)	+031
Official languages	Croatian, Serbian
Website	www.jagodnjak.hr

Jagodnjak (Serbian and Croatian pronunciation: [jâɡodɲaːk]; Serbian Cyrillic: Јагодњак) is a village and a municipality in the Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. Jagodnjak development index is less than 50% of the Croatian average, which classifies them into 10% of the poorest municipalities. Therefore, the municipality is part of the Areas of Special State Concern.

Jagodnjak name is derived from the Croatian word "jagoda" ("strawberry" in English). In other languages, the village in German is known as Katschfeld and in Hungarian as Kácsfalu, and is written as Јагодњак in Serbian Cyrillic.

The municipality of Jagodnjak includes the following settlements:

There are 2,537 inhabitants in the municipality (2001 census), including: [1]

Before World War II there was a substantial Danube Swabian minority here but they were all expelled by the Communist regime of Josip Broz Tito after 1945.

Due to the local minority population, the Jagodnjak municipality prescribe the use of not only Croatian as the official language, but the Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet as well.

Jagodnjak municipality is one of seven member municipalities of Joint Council of Municipalities, inter-municipal sui generis organization of Serbian community in eastern Croatia.