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Belišće (pronounced [bɛ̌liːʃtɕɛ]) (Serbian Cyrillic: Белишће, Hungarian: Belistye) is a town in Croatia, located in the region of Slavonia, Osijek-Baranja County, at the altitude of 93 m. The population of the town is 6,518 (2011), with 10,825 in the municipality. In 2011 census, the majority were Croats. This industrial town upon the Drava river lies near the border with Hungary north from here.
Belišće | |
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| Grad Belišće Town of Belišće | |
     .jpg) Belišće | |
  Belišće Location of Belišće in Osijek-Baranja County  Belišće Belišće (Croatia)  Belišće Belišće (Europe) | |
| Coordinates: 45°41′N 18°24′E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Osijek-Baranja |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dinko Burić (Ind.) |
| Area | |
| 70.2 km2 (27.1 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| 8,884 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,354 |
| • Urban density | 1,000/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| Postal code | 31551 |
| Vehicle registration | OS |
| Website | belisce |
Chief occupations are forestry, timber and wood processing, (sawmill, chemical and mechanical wood processing), corrugated fiberboard, metal industry, chemicals and synthetic material processing.
The influential Gutmann family made a significant impact on the Belišće region in the 19th and 20th centuries. Once vast Slavonian oak forests were mostly replaced with farmland, and a section of the working-class quarters of Salamon H. Gutmann from 1884 became part of the present-day Belišće.
Major recreational activities include angling, rowing kayak and canoe on the Drava river and its backwaters and hunting in the broader surroundings.
The settlements in the administrative area are:[3]
- Belišće, population 6,518
- Bistrinci, population 1,598
- Bocanjevci, population 457
- Gat, population 705
- Gorica Valpovačka, population 165
- Kitišanci, population 150
- Tiborjanci, population 291
- Veliškovci, population 685
- Vinogradci, population 256
Town of Belišće: Population trends 1857–2021
| population | 3150 | 3137 | 3013 | 4378 | 5384 | 5441 | 5706 | 6664 | 7714 | 8322 | 9723 | 10938 | 11524 | 12456 | 11786 | 10825 | 8884 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
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Minority councils
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities to advocate for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[4] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Roma and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 15 members minority councils of the Town of Belišće but the elections for Serb council were not held due to the lack of candidates.[5]
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