Ivanska

Ivanska is a village and a municipality in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia. There were 2,911 inhabitants in 2011,^[3] of which 92% Croats.^[4] The village of Ivanska itself had a population of 722.^[3]

Ivanska
Municipality
The church of Saint John the Baptist, Ivanska, Croatia
Ivanska
Coordinates: 45°47′N 16°49′E
Country	Croatia
County	Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Government
• Mayor	Željko Mavrin (HSS)
Area [1]
• Municipality	51.0 sq mi (132.1 km2)
• Urban	5.0 sq mi (13.0 km2)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	2,256
• Density	44/sq mi (17/km2)
• Urban	564
• Urban density	110/sq mi (43/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	ivanska.hr

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Ivanska was part of the Bjelovar-Križevci County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Demographics

In 2021, the municipality had 2,256 residents in the following 13 settlements:^[2]

• Babinac, population 118
• Donja Petrička, population 120
• Đurđic, population 156
• Gornja Petrička, population 88
• Ivanska, population 564
• Kolarevo Selo, population 130
• Križic, population 148
• Paljevine, population 199
• Rastovac, population 30
• Samarica, population 121
• Srijedska, population 245
• Stara Plošćica, population 194
• Utiskani, population 143

Ivanska: Population trends 1857–2021

v

population	3832	3683	3755	4899	5671	5960	6007	6270	6505	6320	6061	5258	4443	3824	3510	2911	2256
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources:Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

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 Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect their own 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Ivanksa with only 6 candidates being elected in the end.^[6]