Podgorač
Municipality in Osijek-Baranja, Croatia
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Podgorač (Serbian Cyrillic: Подгорач, Hungarian: Pogorács) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.
Podgorač | |
|---|---|
  Podgorač Location in Croatia  Podgorač Podgorač (Croatia) | |
| Coordinates: 45.46°N 18.22°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Osijek-Baranja |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Goran Đanić |
| Area | |
| 130.8 km2 (50.5 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 29.9 km2 (11.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| 2,455 | |
| • Density | 18.77/km2 (48.61/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 783 |
| • Urban density | 26.2/km2 (67.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| Website | podgorac |
In the 2011 census, there were a total of 2,877 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements:[3]
- Bijela Loza, population 147
- Budimci, population 670
- Kelešinka, population 57
- Kršinci, population 126
- Ostrošinci, population 95
- Podgorač, population 866
- Poganovci, population 235
- Razbojište, population 283
- Stipanovci, population 398
In the same census, 81% of the population were Croats and 16.20% Serbs.[4]
Colonist settlements of Ličani and Rudolfovac were established on the territory of the village municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.[5]
Politics
Minority councils
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities where they advocate 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 10 members municipal minority councils of the Podgorač Municipality.[7]
