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Velika, Croatia

Municipality in Požega Valley, Croatia

45°27′00″N 17°39′54″E / 45.45°N 17.665°E / 45.45; 17.665Country

CroatiaRegionPožega ValleyCounty

Požega-SlavoniaArea

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• Municipality154.9 km² (59.8 sq mi) • Urban

29.6 km² (11.4 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Municipality4,502 • 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]

Antunovac, population 158
Biškupci, population 354
Bratuljevci, population 25
Doljanci, population 84
Draga, population 275
Gornji Vrhovci, population 10
Kantrovci, population 34
Klisa, population 0
Lučinci, population 53
Markovac, population 1
Milanovac, population 45
Milivojevci, population 17
Nježić, population 1
Oljasi, population 63
Ozdakovci, population 5
Poljanska, population 96
Potočani, population 182
Radovanci, population 483
Smoljanovci, population 3
Stražeman, population 231
Toranj, population 173
Trenkovo, population 799
Trnovac, population 398
Velika, population 2,117

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.

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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

^ 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: Velika". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "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.
^ "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. XI. POŽEŠKO-SLAVONSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 13. Retrieved 3 June 2023.