Brestovac, Croatia

Village in Croatia

45°19′50″N 17°35′47″E / 45.33059°N 17.596343°E / 45.33059; 17.596343Country

CroatiaRegionPožega Valley, SlavoniaCounty

Požega-SlavoniaGovernment

• MayorZdravko Mandić (HDZ)Area

^[1]

• Village279.5 km² (107.9 sq mi) • Urban

8.7 km² (3.4 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Village2,980 • Density11/km² (28/sq mi) • Urban

597 • Urban density69/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)Websitebrestovac.hr

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

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]

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "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.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Brestovac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ "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.