Pitomača
Municipality of Croatia
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Pitomača is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County.
Pitomača | |
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  Pitomača | |
| Coordinates: 45°57′02.16″N 17°13′45.84″E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Virovitica-Podravina |
| Area | |
• Total | 158.0 km2 (61.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 8,402 |
| • Density | 53.18/km2 (137.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | pitomaca |
In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 10,059, in the following settlements:[3]
- Dinjevac, population 458
- Grabrovnica, population 405
- Kladare, population 467
- Križnica, population 128
- Mala Črešnjevica, population 199
- Otrovanec, population 624
- Pitomača, population 5,646
- Sedlarica, population 363
- Stari Gradac, population 674
- Starogradački Marof, population 247
- Turnašica, population 333
- Velika Črešnjevica, population 515
History
Since the end of the Ottoman Empire until 1918, Pitomača (named PITOMACA before 1850)[5] was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia after the compromise of 1867), in the Croatian Military Frontier, Warasdin-St. Georgener Regiment N°VI.[6]
