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Vrbanja
Vrbanja
Municipality
	Municipality of Vrbanja; Općina Vrbanja
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	Vrbanja Location in Croatia Vrbanja Vrbanja (Croatia) Vrbanja Vrbanja (Europe)
	Coordinates: 44°59′N 18°56′E / 44.983°N 18.933°E
Country	Croatia
County	Vukovar-Syrmia
Government
• Mayor	Ivica Sep (HDZ)
Area
• Municipality	191.3 km2 (73.9 sq mi)
• Urban	71.0 km2 (27.4 sq mi)
Elevation	87 m (285 ft)
Population (2021)
• Municipality	2,870
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
• Urban	1,583
• Urban density	22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	32254
Area code	32
Vehicle registration	ŽU
Website	opcina-vrbanja.hr

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

Etymology

Vrbanja is named after the Croatian word for willows (vrbe).^{[citation needed]}

The municipality has a population of 5,174, in the following settlements:^[3]

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.