Velika, Croatia

Velika, Croatia
Municipality
Velika, Croatia is located in Croatia
Velika, Croatia
Location of Velika in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°27′00″N 17°39′54″E / 45.45°N 17.665°E / 45.45; 17.665
Country Croatia
RegionPožega Valley
County Požega-Slavonia
Area
[1]
154.9 km2 (59.8 sq mi)
 • Urban
29.6 km2 (11.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
4,502
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,650
 • Urban density56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
Websiteopcina-velika.hr

Velika (Hungarian: Velike) is a village and a municipality in the Požega Valley in Slavonia.

Geography

It is located on the southern slopes of Papuk Mountain 12 km north of Požega, in the Požega-Slavonia County, with the elevation of 278 m.

Velika is located on the Požega - Slatina county road and Velika - Požega - Pleternica railway.

Economy

Chief occupations include farming, viticulture and tourism (recreational centre).

Demographics

There are a total of 5,607 people in the municipality (census 2011), in the following settlements:[3]

In the same census, 95% of the population were Croats.[4] Ethnic minorities in the municipality include the Serbs (220) and to a lesser extent people of Czech, Hungarian, German and Slovenian descent.

Colonist settlement of Požeški Aleksandrovac (later renamed Antunovac) was established on the territory of the village municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.[5]

Politics

Minority councils

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 Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Velika with 8 members being elected in the end.[7]

History

It was ruled by Ottoman Empire between 1532 and 1687 and again between 1690 and 1691 as part of Sanjak of Pojega before Austrian conquest.fy

References

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Velika". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Požega-Slavonia". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. ^ Šimončić-Bobetko, Zdenka (1990). "Kolonizacija u Hrvatskoj 1919.—1941. godine" [Colonization in Croatia Between 1919 and 1941]. Povijesni prilozi (in Croatian). 9 (9). Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest: 160–162. ISSN 0351-9767.
  6. ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XI. POŽEŠKO-SLAVONSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 13. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
Stub icon

This Požega-Slavonia County geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.