Virovitica-Podravina County

Virovitica-Podravina County (pronounced [ʋiroʋǐtit͡sa-pǒdraʋina]; Croatian: Virovitičko-podravska županija [ʋiroʋǐtit͡ʃko-pǒdraʋskaː ʒupǎnija]; Hungarian: Verőce-Drávamente megye) is a northern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its county seat is in Virovitica and it includes the area around the Drava river, Podravina being the Drava's drainage basin. Other notable towns are Slatina and Orahovica.

Virovitica-Podravina County Virovitičko-podravska županija (Croatian)
County
Flag Coat of arms
Virovitica-Podravina County within Croatia
Country	Croatia
County seat	Virovitica
Government
• Župan (Prefect)	Igor Andrović (HDZ)
Area [1]
• Total	2,024 km2 (781 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	70,660
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Area code	033
ISO 3166 code	HR-10
HDI (2022)	0.818[3] very high · 21st
Website	http://www.vpz.hr/

Administrative division

Virovitica-Podravina County holds the following towns and districts:

Towns

City / town	Population[2]	Area km2	Website
Orahovica	5,304	123.9	orahovica.hr
Slatina	13,686		slatina.hr
Virovitica	21,291		virovitica.hr

Municipalities

Municipality	Population[2]	Area km2	Website
Crnac	1,456
Čačinci	2,802		cacinci.hr
Čađavica	2,009		slatina.hr
Gradina	3,850		gradina.hr
Lukač	3,634
Mikleuš	1,464
Nova Bukovica	1,771
Pitomača	10,059		pitomaca.hr
Sopje	2,320		sopje.hr
Suhopolje	6,683		suhopolje.hr
Špišić Bukovica	4,221
Voćin	2,382
Zdenci	1,904		opcina-zdenci.hr

Demographics

Population pyramid of Virovitica-Podravina County per 2011 Census.

Historical populations of Virovitica-Podravina County

Year Pop. ±% 1857 57,107 —     1869 68,513 +20.0% 1880 69,225 +1.0% 1890 82,419 +19.1% 1900 90,266 +9.5% 1910 101,818 +12.8% 1921 102,824 +1.0% 1931 125,049 +21.6% 1948 125,372 +0.3%	Year Pop. ±% 1953 131,517 +4.9% 1961 127,512 −3.0% 1971 116,314 −8.8% 1981 107,339 −7.7% 1991 104,625 −2.5% 2001 93,389 −10.7% 2011 84,836 −9.2% 2021 70,660 −16.7%
Source: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2001, Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Zagreb, 2005

As of the 2011 census, the county had 84,836 residents. The population density is 42 people per km².

Virovitica-Podravina County: Population trends 1857–2021

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population	57107	68513	69225	82419	90266	101818	102824	125049	125372	131517	127512	116314	107339	104625	93389	84836	70660
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources:Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Ethnic Croats form the majority with 91.8% of the population, followed by Serbs at 6.0%.^[4]

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 25 members minority council of the Virovitica-Podravina County while Albanians and Hungarians of Croatia were electing individual representatives.^[6] Some municipalities, towns or cities in the county elected their own local minority councils as well.^[6]