• Source: Gradina, Virovitica-Podravina County

Gradina is a village and a municipality in Slavonia, in the Virovitica–Podravina County of Croatia.
In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 3,850, in the following settlements:

Bačevac, population 370
Brezovica, population 595
Budakovac, population 257
Detkovac, population 307
Gradina, population 916
Lipovac, population 312
Lug Gradinski, population 72
Novi Gradac, population 167
Rušani, population 477
Vladimirovac, population 62
Žlebina, population 315
In the 2001 census, 85.6% of the population were Croats.




History


In the late 19th and early 20th century, Gradina was part of the Virovitica County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
Colonist settlements of Brezovica, Hadžićevo (Svrakovac), Mitrovica, Podravski Sokolac (Vladimirovac), and Žlebina were established on the territory of the village municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.




Politics






= Minority councils

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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. 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 Gradina.




Notable people


Boško Buha, famous Serbian World War II child-hero, member of the Yugoslav Partisans
Slavko Šajber, Croatian politician, football official and former president of the Football Association of Yugoslavia




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Virovitica-Podravina County
• Gradina, Virovitica-Podravina County
• Brezovica, Virovitica-Podravina County
• Gradina
• Andrija Hebrang (politician, born 1899)
• Vladimirovac
• Brezovica
• D5 road (Croatia)
• Lipovac
• Areas of Special State Concern