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Velika Pisanica

Municipality in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia

45°48′N 17°05′E / 45.800°N 17.083°E / 45.800; 17.083Country

CroatiaCounty

Bjelovar-Bilogora CountyArea

^[1]

• Total11.5 sq mi (29.7 km²)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Total830 • Density72/sq mi (28/km²)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Velika Pisanica is a village and municipality in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the population of the municipality was 1,313 with 830 living in the town proper.^[2] In 2011, there were 1,781 inhabitants in the municipality, of whom 72% were Croats, and 13% were Serbs (2011 census).^[3]

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

Notable individuals

Pavle Solarić

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ ^a ^b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Bjelovar-Bilogora". 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. VII. BJELOVARSKO-BILOGORSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 26. Retrieved 10 June 2023.