Belišće Explained

Belišće
Official Name:Grad Belišće
Town of Belišće
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Croatia Osijek-Baranja County#Croatia#Europe
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Belišće in Osijek-Baranja County
Coordinates:45.6833°N 42°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:County
Leader Party:Ind.
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Dinko Burić
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:70.2
Area Urban Km2:5.2
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:8884
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:5354
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Timezone:Central European Time
Utc Offset:+1
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:31551
Registration Plate:OS

Belišće (in Croatian pronounced as /bɛ̌liːʃtɕɛ/) (Serbian: Белишће, Hungarian: Belistye) is a town in Croatia, located in the region of Slavonia, Osijek-Baranja County, at the altitude of 93 m. The population of the town is 6,518 (2011), with 10,825 in the municipality. In 2011 census, the majority were Croats. This industrial town upon the Drava river lies near the border with Hungary north from here.

Chief occupations are forestry, timber and wood processing, (sawmill, chemical and mechanical wood processing), corrugated fiberboard, metal industry, chemicals and synthetic material processing.

The influential Gutmann family made a significant impact on the Belišće region in the 19th and 20th centuries. Once vast Slavonian oak forests were mostly replaced with farmland, and a section of the working-class quarters of Salamon H. Gutmann from 1884 became part of the present-day Belišće.

Major recreational activities include angling, rowing kayak and canoe on the Drava river and its backwaters and hunting in the broader surroundings.

The settlements in the administrative area are:

Politics

Minority councils

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities to advocate for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[2] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Roma and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 15 members minority councils of the Town of Belišće but the elections for Serb council were not held due to the lack of candidates.[3]

Notable people

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Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije . 13 March 2023 . . 2 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA . 2023 . Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske . 11 . hr . 3 June 2023 . 3 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230603101819/https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z14_OSJECKO_BARANJSKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf . dead .