Dragalić

Dragalić is a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. It is around 7 km west of Nova Gradiška.

Dragalić
Municipality
Dragalić
Coordinates: 45°14′48″N 17°17′20″E
Country	Croatia
County	Brod-Posavina
Area [1]
• Municipality	61.6 km2 (23.8 sq mi)
• Urban	6.1 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	1,058
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
• Urban	454
• Urban density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	35429
Area code	035
Website	dragalic.hr

As of 2011, there were 1,361 inhabitants, in the following settlements:^[3]

• Donji Bogićevci, population 84
• Dragalić, population 559
• Gorice, population 175
• Mašić, population 266
• Medari, population 177
• Poljane, population 100

80% of the population declared themselves Croats, 17.85% Serbs.^[4]

Dragalić is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as a First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.^[5]

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.^[6] 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 Dragalić.^[7]

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 Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Dragalić". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
4. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
5. Lovrinčević, Željko; Davor, Mikulić; Budak, Jelena (June 2004). "Područja posebne državne skrbi u Hrvatskoj - razlike u regionalnoj razvijenosti i demografsko-obrazovne karakteristike" [Areas of Special State Concern in Croatia - Regional development differences and the demographic and educational characteristics]. Ekonomski pregled (in Croatian). 55 (5–6).
6. "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
7. "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XII. BRODSKO-POSAVSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

• "Population contingents, by towns/municipalities, Census 2001: County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina". Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved November 23, 2010.