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Hercegovac, Croatia

Hercegovac (Czech: Hercegovec, German: Herzogsturn, Hungarian: Szentkirály), is a village and a municipality in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia. In 2001 there were 2,791 inhabitants, of which 87% were Croats.[4]

Demographics

In 2021, the municipality had 1,910 residents in the following settlements:[2]

Hercegovac: Population trends 1857–2021
v
population
3054
2974
2772
3686
3795
3892
3945
4013
3838
3842
3790
3498
3186
3143
2791
2383
1910
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021
Sources:Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

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 of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Hercegovac but the elections were not organized due to the lack of candidates.[6]

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Hercegovac was part of the Bjelovar-Križevci County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

References

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ List of Croatian settlements and delivery post offices. Wikidata Q125763583.
  4. ^ "SAS Output".
  5. ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. VII. BJELOVARSKO-BILOGORSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.