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Magadenovac is a community in the Osijek and Baranja County,
about 50 km west of Osjiek, over
2,200 inhabitants, but only about 100 of them living in the
capital village of the same name. Beside about 85% of Croats
there is about 10% of Serbs and 3% of Roma (but intersestinly
enough, according to 2001 census, languages spoken are
96%Croatian, 3% Roma and religious affiliation 84% Roman
Catholic, 10% of "other Orthodox churches", 3% Islam,
while the Serb Orthodox Church has only 0.13%). In the
territorial reform of 1993 the community was name
Šljivoševci, had the seat in that village (almost 400
inhabitants and the seat of the Roman Catholic parish), but in
1997 the name and the seat of administration was changed to
Magadenovac. Predominantly agrarian region, notably with sources
of natural petroleum.
The community web site
shows the coat of arms and includes the 2009 Statutes describing
the COA and the flag (although some previous Statutes probably
already had the same determinations): Statut Opcine Magadenovac,
26.06.2009, Službeni glasnik Opcine Magadenovac, br. ?/2009,
<www.magadenovac.hr>,
03.09.2009.
The coat of arms of Magadenovac is: azure an oil derrick sable
between an oak branch and a corn stalks both or all issuant from
a base vert.
The flag is green with the coat of arms bordered yellow in the
centre of it
Željko Heimer, 17 September 2009
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image by Željko Heimer, 17 September 2009