Sopje

Place in Virovitica-Podravina, Croatia

45°48′03.96″N 17°44′33.00″E / 45.8011000°N 17.7425000°E / 45.8011000; 17.7425000Country

CroatiaCountyVirovitica-PodravinaArea

^[1]

• Total117.2 km² (45.3 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Total1,897 • Density16/km² (42/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Websitesopje.hr

Sopje is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County.^[3]

In the 2011 census, Sopje had a total population of 2,230, in the following settlements:^[4]

Gornje Predrijevo, population 86
Grabić, population 122
Josipovo, population 281
Kapinci, population 186
Nova Šarovka, population 250
Novaki, population 349
Sopjanska Greda, population 35
Sopje, population 524
Španat, population 172
Vaška, population 315
Višnjica, no population

At the time of Ancient Rome, there was a salt lake called Salapia somewhere in Interamnia (modern-day Slavonia). It's been suggested that the name Sopje derives from its name.^{[dubious – discuss]}

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 Sopje but with only 7 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.
^ REPUBLIC OF CROATIA - MINI GUIDE 2001 (PDF). p. 11. ISSN 1334-0239. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 14, 2005.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Sopje". 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. 14. Retrieved 10 June 2023.