Bapska (, ) is a village in Croatia.
Geography
It is located south of Šarengrad (at the D2 highway) and north of Šid, Serbia.
History In 1664 the village was raided by the Ottoman forces but was subsequently resettled. The old village of Bapska was in 1730s located about two kilometres south from the contemporary village in the location know today as the Stara Bapska (Old Bapska).
During the Croatian War of Independence the village became a part of the self proclaimed SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia. During the war special operations unit Crvene Beretke was stationed in the village where they often confronted local dissatisfaction and resistance due to their attitude towards civilian population.
Demographics
1991 census
BapskaBook: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998., , ; 1991
1910 census
According to the 1910 census, settlement of Bapska had 1,642 inhabitants (in that time in two independent settlements: Bapska with pop. of 794 and Novak with pop. of 848), which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:
BapskaBook: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998., , ; Population by language Population by religion
Note: Together with former settlement of Novak.
Language
settlement total Croatian German Slovak Serbian Hungarian Slovene Rusyn othersBapska7945141279119162061Novak848549221242525-31
Religion
settlement total Rom. catholics East. orthodox Calvinists East. catholics Lutherans JewishBapska79476520531-Novak848814261322
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