Polača
Municipality in Zadar County, Croatia
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Polača is a village and a municipality in Croatia in Zadar County.
CroatiaPolača | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality within Zadar County | |
 Interactive map of Polača | |
  Polača Location of Polača in Croatia | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Zadar County |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 30.0 km2 (11.6 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 10.5 km2 (4.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 1,389 |
| • Density | 46.3/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 993 |
| • Urban density | 94.6/km2 (245/sq mi) |
| Website | opcina-polaca |
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, there are 1,389 inhabitants, in the following settlements:[2]
- Donja Jagodnja, population 126
- Gornja Jagodnja, population 93
- Kakma, population 177
- Polača, population 993
91,1% of the population are Croats. The area of Polača municipality is 30 km2.
| population | 833 | 1210 | 1006 | 1107 | 1278 | 1595 | 1803 | 1947 | 2476 | 2819 | 3002 | 2985 | 2619 | 2825 | 1434 | 1468 | 1389 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
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.[3] 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 Polača but the elections were not held due to the absence of candidatures.[4]
