Podgorač (Serbian Cyrillic: Подгорач, Hungarian: Pogorács) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.

Podgorač
Podgorač is located in Osijek-Baranja County
Podgorač
Podgorač
Location in Croatia
Podgorač is located in Croatia
Podgorač
Podgorač
Podgorač (Croatia)
Coordinates: 45°28′N 18°13′E / 45.46°N 18.22°E / 45.46; 18.22
Country Croatia
County Osijek-Baranja
Government
 • MayorGoran Đanić
Area
 • Municipality130.8 km2 (50.5 sq mi)
 • Urban
29.9 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality2,455
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
 • Urban
783
 • Urban density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
Websitepodgorac.hr

In the 2011 census, there were a total of 2,877 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements:[3]

In the same census, 81% of the population were Croats and 16.20% Serbs.[4]

Politics edit

Minority councils edit

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities where they advocate for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Roma and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Podgorač Municipality.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Podgorač". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 35. Retrieved 3 June 2023.