Virovitica–Podravina County
Administrative division
Virovitica-Podravina County holds the following towns and districts:
Towns
City / town | Population | Area km | Website |
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Orahovica | 5,304 | 123.9 | orahovica.hr |
Slatina | 13,686 | slatina.hr | |
Virovitica | 21,291 | virovitica.hr |
Municipalities
Municipality | Population | Area km | Website |
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Crnac | 1,456 | ||
Čačinci | 2,802 | cacinci.hr | |
Čađavica | 2,009 | slatina.hr | |
Gradina | 3,850 | gradina.hr | |
Lukač | 3,634 | ||
Mikleuš | 1,464 | ||
Nova Bukovica | 1,771 | ||
Pitomača | 10,059 | pitomaca.hr | |
Sopje | 2,320 | sopje.hr | |
Suhopolje | 6,683 | suhopolje.hr | |
Špišić Bukovica | 4,221 | ||
Voćin | 2,382 | ||
Zdenci | 1,904 | opcina-zdenci.hr |
Demographics
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Source: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2001, Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Zagreb, 2005 |
As of the 2011 census, the county had 84,836 residents. The population density is 42 people per km².
population | 57107 | 68513 | 69225 | 82419 | 90266 | 101818 | 102824 | 125049 | 125372 | 131517 | 127512 | 116314 | 107339 | 104625 | 93389 | 84836 | 70660 |
1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Ethnic Croats form the majority with 91.8% of the population, followed by Serbs at 6.0%.
Politics
Minority councils and representatives
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 25 members minority council of the Virovitica-Podravina County while Albanians and Hungarians of Croatia were electing individual representatives. Some municipalities, towns or cities in the county elected their own local minority councils as well.