Garčin

Garčin
Municipality
Garčin
Coordinates: 45°10′55″N 18°11′02″E
Country	Croatia
County	Brod-Posavina County
Government
• Mayor	Mato Grgić (HDZ)
Area [1]
• Municipality	88.3 km^2 (34.1 sq mi)
• Urban	18.7 km^2 (7.2 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	3,951
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
• Urban	733
• Urban density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	(+385) 35
Website	opcina-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]

See also

• Garčin railway station

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Garčin". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
4. "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.
5. "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
6. "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.