Marinci, Vukovar-Syrmia County

Marinci is a village in the Nuštar municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia located northeast of Vinkovci and southwest of Vukovar. The population is 670 (census 2011).^[3]

Marinci
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Coordinates: 45.339854°N 18.900229°E / 45.339854; 18.900229
Country	Croatia
County	Vukovar-Syrmia
Municipality	Nuštar
Area [1]
• Total	13.3 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	437
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)

The village is located on the county road Ž4137 Nuštar-Bogdanovci-Vukovar^[4] and its position was strategically important during the 1991 Battle of Vukovar.^[5][6]

Marinci were built on the foundations of an older Roman settlement. A Catholic church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built in the center of the village in 1855, demolished in 1992 and rebuilt in 2005. ^[7]

Name

The name of the village in Croatian is plural.