Hercegovac, Croatia

Hercegovac (Czech: Hercegovec, German: Herzogsturn, Hungarian: Szentkirály), is a village and a municipality in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia. In 2001 there were 2,791 inhabitants, of which 87% were Croats.^[3]

Hercegovac
Municipality
Hercegovac
Coordinates: 45°40′N 17°01′E
Country	Croatia
County	Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Area [1]
• Municipality	19.5 sq mi (50.6 km2)
• Urban	6.1 sq mi (15.9 km2)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	1,910
• Density	98/sq mi (38/km2)
• Urban	857
• Urban density	140/sq mi (54/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	opcinahercegovac.hr

The population is distributed in 5 settlements:^[4]

• Hercegovac - population 1,267
• Ilovski Klokočevac - 172
• Ladislav - 468
• Palešnik - 547
• Velika Trnava - 337

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.^[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Czechs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Hercegovac but the elections were not organized due to the lack of candidates.^[6]

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Hercegovac was part of the Bjelovar-Križevci County of the Kingdom of Croatia-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. "SAS Output".
4. "SAS Output".
5. "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
6. "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. 17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.