Končanica Explained

Končanica
Official Name:Municipality of Končanica
Općina Končanica
Native Name:[1]
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:45.6379°N 17.1646°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[2]
Area Total Km2:84.0
Area Urban Km2:20.7
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:1805
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:692
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Končanica [3] is a town and a municipality in Slavonia, in the Bjelovar-Bilogora County of Croatia.

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Končanica was part of the Požega County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the population of the municipality was 1,805 with 692 living in the town proper. There were 3,516 inhabitants in 2001, of which 95% are Croats. In 2011, the population was 2,360 with 47.0% Czechs and 41.7% Croats (2011 census). As such, it is one of a small number of counties where ethnic Croats do not form a majority or plurality.

Official usage of Czech minority language

The Municipality of Končanice has officially introduced Czech language as an equal co-official language alongside Croatian.[4] The municipality's statute guarantees the Czech national minority in Končanice the right to representation in the municipality’s legislative, executive, and administrative bodies.[4] In the settlements of Končanica, Daruvarski Brestovac, Otkopi, and Boriš, full equal use of Czech language is prescribed.[4] In these settlements, bilingual signage for places and traffic signs is ensured, and legal and physical persons operating or registered in these settlements and engaged in public activities are ensured to follow bilingualism.[4]

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.[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Czechs and Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect their own 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Končanica.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima . October 2013 . Government of Croatia . . 36 . hr . PDF . 30 November 2016.
  2. cs1.
  3. Web site: Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske . PDF . 2013-03-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211333/http://www.nipp.hr/UserDocsImages/Registar%20geografska%20imena%20nacionalnih%20manjina%20RH.pdf . October 29, 2013 .
  4. Web site: Statut Općine Končanica 2021 . 16 July 2024.
  5. Web site: Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije . 13 March 2023 . . 10 June 2023.
  6. Web site: Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. VII. BJELOVARSKO-BILOGORSKA ŽUPANIJA . 2023 . Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske . 19 . hr . PDF . 10 June 2023.