Nova Bukovica

Place in Virovitica-Podravina, Croatia

45°39′36″N 17°46′1″E / 45.66000°N 17.76694°E / 45.66000; 17.76694Country

CroatiaCountyVirovitica-PodravinaArea

^[1]

• Total74.9 km² (28.9 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Total1,275 • Density17/km² (44/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Websitenovabukovica.hr

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

In the 2011 census it had a total population of 1,771, in the following settlements:^[3]

Bjelkovac, population 52
Brezik, population 158
Bukovački Antunovac, population 198
Dobrović, population 128
Donja Bukovica, population 85
Gornje Viljevo, population 31
Miljevci, population 317
Nova Bukovica, population 802

In the same census, 85% of the population were Croats.^[4]

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 councils of the Municipality of Nova Bukovica but with only 9 representatives being elected in the body in the end.^[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, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Nova Bukovica". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "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.
^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "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. 13. Retrieved 10 June 2023.