Brestovac, Croatia

Brestovac is a village and a municipality in eastern Croatia, located west of Požega.

Brestovac
Village
Brestovac
Coordinates: 45.33059°N 17.596343°E / 45.33059; 17.596343
Country	Croatia
Region	Požega Valley, Slavonia
County	Požega-Slavonia
Government
• Mayor	Zdravko Mandić (HDZ)
Area [1]
• Village	279.5 km2 (107.9 sq mi)
• Urban	8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Village	2,980
• Density	11/km2 (28/sq mi)
• Urban	597
• Urban density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (Central European Time)
Website	brestovac.hr

In the 2011 census, there were 3,726 inhabitants in the municipality, 91% of which were Croats.^[3] The villages and their corresponding populations were:^[4]

• Amatovci, uninhabited
• Bogdašić, uninhabited
• Bolomače, population 22
• Boričevci, population 121
• Brestovac, population 670
• Busnovi, population 104
• Crljenci, population 12
• Čečavac, population 3
• Čečavački Vučjak, population 23
• Daranovci, population 183
• Deževci, population 157
• Dolac, population 203
• Donji Gučani, population 107
• Gornji Gučani, population 53
• Ivandol, population 139
• Jaguplije, population 137
• Jeminovac, population 7
• Kamenska, uninhabited
• Kamenski Šeovci, uninhabited
• Kamenski Vučjak, population 6
• Koprivna, population 7
• Kruševo, uninhabited
• Kujnik, population 22
• Mihajlije, uninhabited
• Mijači, population 18
• Mrkoplje, uninhabited
• Novo Zvečevo, population 30
• Nurkovac, population 244
• Oblakovac, population 5
• Orljavac, population 167
• Pasikovci, population 22
• Pavlovci, population 190
• Perenci, population 42
• Podsreće, population 34
• Požeški Brđani, population 66
• Rasna, population 7
• Ruševac, population 2
• Sažije, population 15
• Skenderovci, population 187
• Sloboština, population 18
• Striježevica, population 9
• Šnjegavić, population 20
• Šušnjari, uninhabited
• Vilić Selo, population 157
• Vranić, uninhabited
• Zakorenje, population 187
• Završje, population 323
• Žigerovci, population 7

Politics

Minority councils

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.^[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Brestovac.^[6]

See also

• Monument to the victory of the people of Slavonia

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Požega-Slavonia". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
4. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Brestovac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
5. "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
6. "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XI. POŽEŠKO-SLAVONSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.