Garčin

Municipality in Croatia

45°10′55″N 18°11′02″E / 45.18194°N 18.18389°E / 45.18194; 18.18389Country

CroatiaCounty

Brod-Posavina CountyGovernment

• MayorMato Grgić (HDZ)Area

^[1]

• Municipality88.3 km² (34.1 sq mi) • Urban

18.7 km² (7.2 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Municipality3,951 • Density45/km² (120/sq mi) • Urban

733 • Urban density39/km² (100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Area code(+385) 35Websiteopcina-garcin.hr

Garčin is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. The total population is 4,806, distributed in the following settlements:^[3]

Bicko Selo, population 517
Garčin, population 911
Klokočevik, population 607
Sapci, population 504
Selna, population 308
Trnjani, population 786
Vrhovina, population 261
Zadubravlje, population 912

In the 2011 census, of the 4,806 inhabitants, 92% were Croats.^[4]

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 Garčin but the elections were not held due to the lack of candidates.^[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.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Garčin". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina". 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 2 May 2023.
^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XII. BRODSKO-POSAVSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 10. Retrieved 3 June 2023.