Čađavica, Croatia

Čađavica
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Čađavica is located in Croatia
Čađavica
Čađavica
Coordinates: 45°44′33″N 17°51′18″E / 45.74250°N 17.85500°E / 45.74250; 17.85500
Country Croatia
CountyVirovitica-Podravina
Area
 • Total91.1 km2 (35.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total1,555
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websiteopcina-cadjavica.hr

Čađavica is a village and municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County.

It is situated 14 kilometers northeast of Slatina. The navigable part of Drava river starts in the vicinity of Čađavica.[citation needed]

In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 2,009, in the following settlements:[3]

In the same census, 90% of the population were Croats.[4]

Until 1920 Čađavica was part of the Virovitica County. The mother of the Hungarian Nobel-prize winner Georg von Békésy, Paula Mazaly was born here in 1877.[citation needed]

Politics[edit]

Minority councils[edit]

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 councils of the Municipality of Čađavica.[6]

References[edit]

  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, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Čađavica". 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. ^ "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. X. VIROVITIČKO-PODRAVSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 10. Retrieved 10 June 2023.