Koška (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошка, Slovak: Koška, Hungarian: Koska) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. There are 3,980 inhabitants, 89.5% of them Croats, 6.78% Serbs and 1.38% Slovaks (2011 census).[3]
Koška | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Koška Location in Croatia  Koška Koška (Croatia) | |
| Coordinates: 45°32′N 18°17′E / 45.54°N 18.28°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Osijek-Baranja |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Zoran Kovačević |
| Area | |
| 122.6 km2 (47.3 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 37.9 km2 (14.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| 3,169 | |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,237 |
| • Urban density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| Website | koska |
The settlements in the municipality are:[4]
- Andrijevac, population 155
- Branimirovac, population 95
- Breznica Našička, population 617
- Koška, population 1,525
- Ledenik, population 189
- Lug Subotički, population 335
- Niza, population 432
- Normanci, population 324
- Ordanja, population 162
- Topoline, population 146
Politics
editMinority councils
editDirectly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities, 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 municipal minority councils of the Koška Municipality.[6]
References
edit- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Koška". 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. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 31. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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