Drenje, Osijek-Baranja County

Municipality in Osijek-Baranja, Croatia

45°23′N 18°17′E / 45.38°N 18.28°E / 45.38; 18.28Country

CroatiaCounty

Osijek-BaranjaGovernment

• MayorSlavko DešićArea

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• Municipality106.4 km² (41.1 sq mi) • Urban

9.9 km² (3.8 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Municipality2,126 • Density20/km² (52/sq mi) • Urban

462 • Urban density47/km² (120/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)Websitedrenje.hr

Drenje (Hungarian: Drenye, Serbian Cyrillic: Дрење) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.

In the 2021 census, there were a total of 2,700 inhabitants, in the following settlements:^[3]

Borovik, population 6
Bračevci, population 209
Bučje Gorjansko, population 73
Drenje, population 583
Kućanci Đakovački, population 148
Mandićevac, population 284
Paljevina, population 183
Podgorje Bračevačko, population 70
Potnjani, population 497
Preslatinci, population 160
Pridvorje, population 198
Slatinik Drenjski, population 289

In the same census, 95.7% of the population were Croats.^[4]

Politics

Minority councils

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities, 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 Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Drenje Municipality but the elections were not held due to the lack of candidates.^[6]

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Drenje". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.