Suhopolje

Municipality in Virovitica-Podravina County, Croatia

45°48′N 17°30′E / 45.8°N 17.5°E / 45.8; 17.5Country

CroatiaCounty

Virovitica-Podravina CountyArea

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• Municipality166.6 km² (64.3 sq mi) • Urban

29.7 km² (11.5 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Municipality5,267 • Density32/km² (82/sq mi) • Urban

2,237 • Urban density75/km² (200/sq mi)Websitesuhopolje.hr

Suhopolje is a settlement and an eponymous municipality in Slavonia, Croatia.

It is located on the northern slopes of the Bilogora mountain in the region of Podravina, 10 km southeast of Virovitica; elevation 118 m.

Population

In the 2011 census, the total population of the Suhopolje municipality was 6,683, with 2,696 people in Suhopolje itself and the rest in a number of surrounding villages:^[3]

Borova, population 710
Budanica, population 107
Cabuna, population 787
Dvorska, population 15
Gaćište, population 221
Gvozdanska, population 34
Jugovo Polje, population 319
Levinovac, population 188
Mala Trapinska, population 62
Naudovac, population 146
Orešac, population 389
Pčelić, population 407
Pepelana, population 116
Pivnica Slavonska, population 53
Rodin Potok, population 56
Sovjak, population 13
Trnava Cabunska, population 42
Velika Trapinska, population 25
Zvonimirovo, population 112
Žiroslavlje, population 74
Žubrica, population 111

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.^[4] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Suhopolje.^[5]

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Suhopolje". 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 10 June 2023.
^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. X. VIROVITIČKO-PODRAVSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 15. Retrieved 10 June 2023.