Oriovac
Municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia
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Oriovac is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia.
Oriovac | |
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Municipality | |
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 Interactive map of Oriovac | |
  Oriovac Location of Oriovac in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°9′58″N 17°45′36″E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Brod-Posavina County |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antun Pavetić (HSS) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 93.3 km2 (36.0 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 19.3 km2 (7.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 4,770 |
| • Density | 51.1/km2 (132/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,490 |
| • Urban density | 77.2/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Postal code[3] | 35250 Oriovac |
| Website | oriovac |
History
Until 1918, Oriovac (named Oriowacz before 1850)[4] was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia after the compromise of 1867), in the Slavonian Military Frontier, Gradiskaner Regiment N°VIII before its dissolution in 1881.
Demographics
In 2021, the municipality had 4,770 residents in the following 10 settlements:[2]
Oriovac: Population trends 1857–2021
| population | 4610 | 4658 | 4731 | 5505 | 5650 | 6282 | 6227 | 6902 | 7152 | 7226 | 7185 | 7058 | 6942 | 6860 | 6559 | 5824 | 4770 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Notable people
- Fran Gundrum, physician and encyclopedist[5]
