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Kutina
Kutina
Town
	Grad Kutina; Town of Kutina
	Kutina Petrochemical Plant
	Kutina Location of Kutina in Croatia
	Coordinates: 45°28′55″N 16°46′43″E / 45.481966°N 16.778499°E
Country	Croatia
County	Sisak-Moslavina
Government
• Mayor	Zlatko Babić (Ind.)
• City Council	22 members
Area
• Town	294.8 km2 (113.8 sq mi)
• Urban	49.6 km2 (19.2 sq mi)
Elevation	149 m (489 ft)
Population (2021)
• Town	19,601
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
• Urban	12,012
• Urban density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	HR-44 320
Area code	+385 44
Vehicle registration	KT
Website	kutina.hr

Kutina is a town in central Croatia, the largest settlement in the hilly region of Moslavina, in the Sisak-Moslavina County. The town proper has a population of 13,735 (2011), while the total municipal population is 22,760.^[3]

The settlement of Kutina was first mentioned in the historical records in 1256.

It is the industrial center of the region with petrochemical industry – Petrokemija d.d., electronic components production – SELK d.d., and a variety of smaller entrepreneurships. There is a long mass-media tradition in Kutina, with Moslavački list [local newspaper] and Radio Moslavina [local radio station]. The initial headquarters of the Nezavisna Televizija (NeT), a regional commercial TV station, were stationed in Voloder near Kutina.

Kutina is widely known for its active youth scene and the alternative-oriented club Baraka. The main attractions are Lonjsko polje nature park, baroque fortress church of Saint Mary of the Snow, old wooden houses called Trijem (eng. Porch) or Čardak, hills of Moslavina with ruins of medieval "burgs".

A special attraction are the Wine roads of Moslavina, where a visitor can take a sip of Croatian and regional genuine wine Škrlet (Skrlet).

The settlements in the administrative area are:^[3]

Banova Jaruga, population 665
Batina, population 205
Brinjani, population 253
Čaire, population 33
Gojlo, population 377
Husain, population 971
Ilova, population 821
Jamarica, population 410
Janja Lipa, population 206
Katoličke Čaire, population 232
Kletište, population 116
Krajiška Kutinica, population 73
Kutina, population 13,735
Kutinica, population 58
Kutinska Slatina, population 578
Međurić, population 485
Mikleuška, population 140
Mišinka, population 116
Repušnica, population 1,838
Selište, population 282
Stupovača, population 440
Šartovac, population 383
Zbjegovača, population 346

Town of Kutina: Population trends 1857–2021

population	7177	7067	7795	9008	11119	12866	13380	14991	16597	17242	18804	21128	23202	24829	24597	22760	19601
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Kutina was a district capital in the Bjelovar-Križevci County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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.^[4] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Czechs, Roma and Serbs of Croatia all fulfilled legal requirements to each elect their own 15 members minority council of the Town of Kutina yet Romani community elected only 11 and Serb only 13 members into their councils.^[5]

Notable people born in Kutina

Dubravka Ugrešić – Croatian writer, winner of 2010 Tiptree Award, 2000 Heinrich Mann Prize, and 1988 NIN Prize, among others.
Franjo Mihalić – Yugoslav long-distance runner, Olympic silver medalist in marathon and cross country World champion
Dane Korica – long-distance runner who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics
Matija Vražić Sraz - professional League of Legends flamer and feeder (bronze since 1994.)
Marijana Petir - Croatian politician, a Member of the European Parliament
Barbara Arbanas Ferreira^[6] - Croatian researcher, team leader of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb winning team of Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) 2023 edition.^[7]