Končanica

Končanica (Czech: Končenice)[4] is a town and a municipality in Slavonia, in the Bjelovar-Bilogora County of Croatia.

Končanica
Končenice (Czech)[1]
Municipality
Municipality of Končanica
Općina Končanica
Končanica is located in Croatia
Končanica
Končanica
Coordinates: 45.637877°N 17.164602°E / 45.637877; 17.164602
Country Croatia
County Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Area
[2]
 • Municipality32.4 sq mi (84.0 km2)
 • Urban
8.0 sq mi (20.7 km2)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Municipality1,805
 • Density56/sq mi (21/km2)
 • Urban
692
 • Urban density87/sq mi (33/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitekoncanica.hr

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Končanica was part of the Požega County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, the population of the municipality was 1,805 with 692 living in the town proper.[3] There were 3,516 inhabitants in 2001, of which 95% are Croats. In 2011, the population was 2,360 with 47.0% Czechs and 41.7% Croats (2011 census).[5] As such, it is one of a small number of counties where ethnic Croats do not form a majority or plurality.

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.[6] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Czechs and Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect their own 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Končanica.[7]

See also

References
  1. Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  4. "Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  5. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Bjelovar-Bilogora". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  6. "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  7. "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. VII. BJELOVARSKO-BILOGORSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 19. Retrieved 10 June 2023.


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