Dragalić
Croatian municipality
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Dragalić is a village and a municipality in the Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. It is located around 7 km west of Nova Gradiška.
Dragalić | |
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Municipality | |
 Interactive map of Dragalić | |
  Dragalić | |
| Coordinates: 45°14′48″N 17°17′20″E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Brod-Posavina |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zvonimir Karlik (HSS) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 61.6 km2 (23.8 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 6.1 km2 (2.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 1,058 |
| • Density | 17.2/km2 (44.5/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 454 |
| • Urban density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code[3] | 35430 Okučani |
| Area code | 035 |
| Website | dragalic |
Demographics
As of 2011, there were 1,361 inhabitants, in the following settlements:[4]
- Donji Bogićevci, population 84
- Dragalić, population 559
- Gorice, population 175
- Mašić, population 266
- Medari, population 177
- Poljane, population 100
80% of the population declared themselves Croats, 17.85% Serbs.[5]
| population | 1301 | 1579 | 1618 | 2111 | 2416 | 2869 | 2828 | 3090 | 3127 | 3038 | 3135 | 3077 | 2781 | 2715 | 1282 | 1361 | 1058 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Politics
Dragalić is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as a First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.[6]
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.[7] 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 Dragalić.[8]
