Brod-Posavina County

Brod-Posavina County (Croatian: Brodsko-posavska županija) is the southern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod and it spreads along the left bank of the Sava river, hence the name Posavina. Other notable towns include Nova Gradiška.

Brod-Posavina County Brodsko-posavska županija
County
Flag Coat of arms
Brod-Posavina County within Croatia
Country	Croatia
County seat	Slavonski Brod
Government
• Župan	Danijel Marušić (HDZ)
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,030 km^2 (780 sq mi)
Population  (2021)^[2]
• Total	130,267
• Density	64/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Area code	035
ISO 3166 code	HR-12
HDI (2019)	0.801^[3] very high · 17th
Website	www.bpz.hr

Geography

The Brod-Posavina County borders on the Sisak-Moslavina County in the west, Požega-Slavonia County in the north, Osijek-Baranja County in the northeast, and Vukovar-Syrmia County in the east.

Administrative divisions

Brod-Posavina County is further divided into 2 towns (grad, pl. gradovi) and 26 municipalities (općina, pl. općine).

Towns

Town	Population (2021 census)^[4]
Slavonski Brod	49,891
Nova Gradiška	11,690

Municipalities

Municipality	Population (2021 census)^[4]
Bebrina	2,817
Brodski Stupnik	2,357
Bukovlje	2,727
Cernik	2,964
Davor	2,529
Donji Andrijevci	3,059
Dragalić	1,058
Garčin	3,951
Gornja Vrba	2,168
Gornji Bogićevci	1,428
Gundinci	1,610
Klakar	2,020
Nova Kapela	3,393
Okučani	2,323
Oprisavci	1,968
Oriovac	4,770
Podcrkavlje	2,207
Rešetari	3,852
Sibinj	5,730
Sikirevci	2,028
Slavonski Šamac	1,576
Stara Gradiška	911
Staro Petrovo Selo	4,110
Velika Kopanica	2,621
Vrbje	1,691
Vrpolje	2,818

Demographics

 

Population pyramid of Brod-Posavina county per the 2011 Census

Historical populations of Brod-Posavina County

Year Pop. ±% 1857 74,136 —     1869 79,273 +6.9% 1880 77,739 −1.9% 1890 90,751 +16.7% 1900 99,979 +10.2% 1910 116,295 +16.3% 1921 112,693 −3.1% 1931 128,790 +14.3% 1948 134,436 +4.4%	Year Pop. ±% 1953 142,614 +6.1% 1961 154,309 +8.2% 1971 164,065 +6.3% 1981 167,667 +2.2% 1991 174,998 +4.4% 2001 176,765 +1.0% 2011 158,575 −10.3% 2021 130,267 −17.9%
Source: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2001, Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Zagreb, 2005

As of the 2021 census, the county had 130,267 residents. The population density was 64 people per km².^[2]

As of the 2011 census, the county had 158,575 residents. The population density was 78 people per km².

Brod-Posavina County: Population trends 1857–2021

population	74136	79273	77739	90751	99979	116295	112693	128790	134436	142614	154309	164065	167667	174998	176765	158575	130267
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

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Ethnic Croats form the majority with 95.0% of the population, followed by Serbs at 2.6%.^[5]

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.^[6] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Roma and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 25 members minority councils of the Brod-Posavina County while Albanians, Bosniaks and Ukrainians of Croatia elected individual representatives.^[7] Certain municipalities, towns or cities in the county elected their own local minority councils and representatives as well.^[7]

References

1. Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 62. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
2. "The final results of the Census 2021 have been published". Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
4. "Population by Towns/Municipalities, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
5. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
6. "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
7. (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 3-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

External links

• Official website   (in Croatian)

 

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