Popovača

Popovača is a town in Croatia in the Moslavina geographical region. Administratively it is part of the Sisak-Moslavina County.

Popovača
Town
Grad Popovača Town of Popovača
Traditional wooden house in Popovača
Popovača Location of Popovača in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°34′12″N 16°36′0″E
Country	Croatia
County	Sisak-Moslavina
Government
• Mayor	Josip Mišković (HSP)
• City Council	17 members • HDZ (6) • HSP (5) • SDP (3) • HSLS (2) • MOST (1)
Area [1]
• Town	214.8 km2 (82.9 sq mi)
• Urban	26.9 km2 (10.4 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Town	10,255
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Urban	3,633
• Urban density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	44317
Area code	044
Vehicle registration	KT
Website	popovaca.hr

History

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

The DVD Neuropsihijatrijske bolnice "Dr. Ivan Barbot" was founded on 23 January 1949.^[3]

Population

The total municipality population is 11,905 (2011 census), in the following settlements:^[4]

• Ciglenica, population 134
• Donja Gračenica, population 805
• Donja Jelenska, population 78
• Donja Vlahinička, population 551
• Gornja Gračenica, population 954
• Gornja Jelenska, population 757
• Moslavačka Slatina, population 72
• Osekovo, population 853
• Podbrđe, population 180
• Popovača, population 4,207
• Potok, population 756
• Stružec, population 687
• Voloder, population 1,871

96% of the population are ethnic Croats.^[5]

Town of Popovača: Population trends 1857–2021

v

population	5869	5614	5980	6413	7647	10400	10878	13007	13486	14400	14147	12958	12269	11822	12701	11905	10255
	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.^[6] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Romani people in Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect representative for the Town of Popovača but the elections were not held due to absence of candidates.^[7]