Velika, Croatia
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Velika, Croatia | |
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  Location of Velika in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°27′00″N 17°39′54″E / 45.45°N 17.665°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| Region | Požega Valley |
| County |  Požega-Slavonia |
| Area | |
| 154.9 km2 (59.8 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 29.6 km2 (11.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| 4,502 | |
| • Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,650 |
| • Urban density | 56/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| Website | opcina-velika |
Velika is a village and a municipality in the Požega Valley in Slavonia.
It is located on the southern slopes of Papuk Mountain 12 km north of Požega, in the Požega-Slavonia County, with the elevation of 278 m.
Velika is located on the Požega - Slatina county road and Velika - Požega - Pleternica railway.
Economy
Chief occupations include farming, viticulture and tourism (recreational centre).
Demographics
There are a total of 5,607 people in the municipality (census 2011), in the following settlements:[3]
- Antunovac, population 158
- Biškupci, population 354
- Bratuljevci, population 25
- Doljanci, population 84
- Draga, population 275
- Gornji Vrhovci, population 10
- Kantrovci, population 34
- Klisa, population 0
- Lučinci, population 53
- Markovac, population 1
- Milanovac, population 45
- Milivojevci, population 17
- Nježić, population 1
- Oljasi, population 63
- Ozdakovci, population 5
- Poljanska, population 96
- Potočani, population 182
- Radovanci, population 483
- Smoljanovci, population 3
- Stražeman, population 231
- Toranj, population 173
- Trenkovo, population 799
- Trnovac, population 398
- Velika, population 2,117
In the same census, 95% of the population were Croats.[4] Ethnic minorities in the municipality include the Serbs (220) and to a lesser extent people of Czech, Hungarian, German and Slovenian descent.
Colonist settlement of Požeški Aleksandrovac (later renamed Antunovac) was established on the territory of the village municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.[5]
