Virovitica-Podravina County | |
Native Name: | Virovitičko-podravska županija |
Native Name Lang: | hr |
Settlement Type: | County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Virovitica |
Leader Title: | Župan |
Leader Name: | Igor Andrović |
Leader Party: | HDZ |
Area Total Km2: | 2024 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 70660 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Iso Code: | HR-10 |
Blank Name Sec1: | HDI (2019) |
Blank Info Sec1: | 0.791[1] · 19th |
Website: | http://www.vpz.hr/ |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 033 |
Virovitica-Podravina County (pronounced as /ʋiroʋǐtit͡sa-pǒdraʋina/; Croatian: Virovitičko-podravska [[županija]] pronounced as /ʋiroʋǐtit͡ʃko-pǒdraʋskaː ʒupǎnija/; Hungarian: Verőce-Drávamente megye) is a northern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its county seat is in Virovitica and it includes the area around the Drava river, Podravina being the Drava's drainage basin. Other notable towns are Slatina and Orahovica.
Virovitica-Podravina County holds the following towns and districts:
City / town | Population | Area km2 | Website |
---|---|---|---|
Orahovica | 5,304 | 123.9 | orahovica.hr |
Slatina | 13,686 | slatina.hr | |
Virovitica | 21,291 | virovitica.hr | |
Municipality | Population | Area km2 | Website |
---|---|---|---|
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 | |
As of the 2011 census, the county had 84,836 residents. The population density is 42 people per km².
Ethnic Croats form the majority with 91.8% of the population, followed by Serbs at 6.0%.
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.[2] 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.[3] Some municipalities, towns or cities in the county elected their own local minority councils as well.[3]