Vrginmost, Sisak-Moslavina county
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Gvozd Гвозд/Вргинмост (Serbian) |
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| Općina Gvozd/Naselje Vrginmost | ||
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 Map of the municipality within Sisak-Moslavina County |
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 Vrginmost
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| Coordinates: 45°19′N 15°55′E / 45.317°N 15.917°E | ||
| Country |
 Croatia
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| County | Sisak-Moslavina | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal mayor | Branko Jovičić (SDSS) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 2,970 | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Area code(s) | 044 | |
Gvozd is a municipality in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia. Its seat is located in Vrginmost (Vrgin Most), which was named Gvozd between 1996 and 2012, when it was renamed amid political controversy.
Croatian is the official first language. Serbian language with its Cyrillic alphabet is the officially recognised second language. In Cyrillic, Vrginmost is known as Вргинмост and (between 1996 and 2012) Gvozd as Гвозд.
In 1097, the last native Croatian King Petar Svačić was killed here during the Battle of Gvozd Mountain, which led to the mountain being renamed Petrova Gora (Petar's Mountain). It was ruled by Ottoman Empire between 1536 and 1691 as part of Bosnia Eyalet. In 1942, Andrija Artuković ordered the killing of the entire population of Vrginmost and its surrounding villages in 1942, according to the charges laid against him in his deportation hearings in the United States.
The town was officially known as Gvozd between 1996 and 23 October 2012.
During the Croatian War of Independence, Vrginmost was a part of the unrecognized breakaway Republic of Serbian Krajina. It was retaken by the Croatian army during Operation Storm.
The municipality consists of 19 settlements:
The municipality had big population changes in various censuses, possibly because of war and because of frequent border changes of municipalities in Croatia:
Coordinates: 45°21′N 15°53′E / 45.350°N 15.883°E
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