Crnac, Virovitica-Podravina County

Crnac is a village and municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County. It has a total population of 1,456, distributed in the following settlements:^[3]

• Breštanovci, population 153
• Crnac, population 494
• Krivaja Pustara, population 3
• Mali Rastovac, population 54
• Milanovac, population 54
• Novo Petrovo Polje, population 164
• Staro Petrovo Polje, population 182
• Suha Mlaka, population 105
• Veliki Rastovac, population 238
• Žabnjača, population 9

Crnac
Municipality
Crnac Location of Crnac in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°42′N 17°56′E
Country	Croatia
County	Virovitica-Podravina County
Area [1]
• Municipality	79.4 km2 (30.7 sq mi)
• Urban	22.7 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	1,116
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
• Urban	407
• Urban density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Website	opcina-crnac.hr

In the 2011 census, 92% of the population were Croats.^[4]

Colonist settlements of Breštanovci and Žabnjača were established on the territory of the municipality of Podravska Moslavina during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.^[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 Crnac but with only 6 representatives being elected in the body in the end.^[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: Crnac". 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 Virovitica-Podravina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
5. Šimončić-Bobetko, Zdenka (1990). "Kolonizacija u Hrvatskoj 1919.—1941. godine" [Colonization in Croatia Between 1919 and 1941]. Povijesni prilozi (in Croatian). 9 (9). Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest: 160–162. ISSN 0351-9767.
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. X. VIROVITIČKO-PODRAVSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

45°41′46″N 17°56′13″E