Belišće
Town in Osijek-Baranja, Croatia
45°41′N 18°24′E / 45.683°N 18.400°E / 45.683; 18.400
Croatia
Osijek-Baranja (2021)[2]
31551
Belišće (pronounced [bɛ̌liːʃtɕɛ]) (Serbian Cyrillic: Белишће, Hungarian: Belistye) is a town in Croatia, located in the region of Slavonia, Osijek-Baranja County, at the altitude of 93 m. The population of the town is 6,518 (2011), with 10,825 in the municipality. In 2011 census, the majority were Croats. This industrial town upon the Drava river lies near the border with Hungary north from here.
Chief occupations are forestry, timber and wood processing, (sawmill, chemical and mechanical wood processing), corrugated fiberboard, metal industry, chemicals and synthetic material processing.
The influential Gutmann family made a significant impact on the Belišće region in the 19th and 20th centuries. Once vast Slavonian oak forests were mostly replaced with farmland, and a section of the working-class quarters of Salamon H. Gutmann from 1884 became part of the present-day Belišće.
Major recreational activities include angling, rowing kayak and canoe on the Drava river and its backwaters and hunting in the broader surroundings.
The settlements in the administrative area are:[3]
- Belišće, population 6,518
- Bistrinci, population 1,598
- Bocanjevci, population 457
- Gat, population 705
- Gorica Valpovačka, population 165
- Kitišanci, population 150
- Tiborjanci, population 291
- Veliškovci, population 685
- Vinogradci, population 256
Town of Belišće: Population trends 1857–2021
| population | 3150 | 3137 | 3013 | 4378 | 5384 | 5441 | 5706 | 6664 | 7714 | 8322 | 9723 | 10938 | 11524 | 12456 | 11786 | 10825 | 8884 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications
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Politics
Minority councils
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities to advocate for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[4] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Roma and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled legal requirements to elect 15 members minority councils of the Town of Belišće but the elections for Serb council were not held due to the lack of candidates.[5]
Notable people
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: Belišće". 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. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
External links
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