Vrbanja, Croatia

Vrbanja (Slovak: Vrbanja, Hungarian: Vérbánya) is a village and a municipality in Croatia.

Etymology

Vrbanja is named after the Croatian word for willows (vrbe).

Population

The municipality has a population of 5,174, in the following settlements:

Soljani, population 1,245
Strošinci, population 492
Vrbanja, population 2,203

By ethnicity, 96.48% are Croats, while the largest minority consists of Slovaks (1.38%), per census 2001. With pronounced issue of population decline in eastern Croatia caused by population ageing, effects of the Croatian War of Independence and emigration after the accession of Croatia to the European Union, the population of the municipality dropped to 2,870 residents at the time of 2021 census.