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Brod-Posavina County

Brod-Posavina County

County in eastern Croatia

Brod-Posavina County (Croatian: Brodsko-posavska županija) is the southern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod and it spreads along the left bank of the Sava river, hence the name Posavina. Other notable towns include Nova Gradiška.

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Geography

The Brod-Posavina County borders on the Sisak-Moslavina County in the west, Požega-Slavonia County in the north, Osijek-Baranja County in the northeast, and Vukovar-Syrmia County in the east.

Administrative divisions

Brod-Posavina County is further divided into 2 towns (grad, pl. gradovi) and 26 municipalities (općina, pl. općine).

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Demographics

Population pyramid of Brod-Posavina county per the 2011 Census
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As of the 2021 census, the county had 130,267 residents. The population density was 64 people per km2.[2]

As of the 2011 census, the county had 158,575 residents. The population density was 78 people per km2.

Brod-Posavina County: Population trends 1857–2021
population
74136
79273
77739
90751
99979
116295
112693
128790
134436
142614
154309
164065
167667
174998
176765
158575
130267
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Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Ethnic Croats form the majority with 95.0% of the population, followed by Serbs at 2.6%.[5]

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.[6] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Roma and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 25 members minority councils of the Brod-Posavina County while Albanians, Bosniaks and Ukrainians of Croatia elected individual representatives.[7] Certain municipalities, towns or cities in the county elected their own local minority councils and representatives as well.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 62. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. [2]
    "The final results of the Census 2021 have been published". Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  4. [4]
    "Population by Towns/Municipalities, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  6. [6]
    "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XII. BRODSKO-POSAVSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. pp. 3–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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