Gradina is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Slavonia Slavonia (; hr, Slavonija) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baran ...

, in the

Virovitica–Podravina County Virovitica-Podravina County (; hr, Virovitičko-podravska županija ; hu, Verőce-Drávamente megye) is a northern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its county seat is in Virovitica and it includes the area around the Drava river, hence the name '' ...

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. It has a population of 4,485 ( 2001), 85.6% which are

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, ...

. The municipality contains eleven villages: Gradina, Bačevac, Brezovica, Budakovac, Detkovac, , Lug Gradinski, Novi Gradac, Rušani, , and Žlebina.

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Gradina was part of the

Virovitica County Virovitica County ( hr, Virovitička županija; hu, Verőce vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision ('' županija'') of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands of the Crown of ...

of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Notable people

Boško Buha Boško Buha ( sr-cyr, Бошко Буха; 1926 – 27 September 1943) was a young Yugoslav Partisan and an honored icon of the Yugoslavian resistance during World War II. Early life Boško Buha was born into a Serb family in the Slavonian ...

, famous Serbian World War II child-hero, member of the

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Slavko Šajber Slavko Šajber (25 February 1929 – 3 November 2003) was a Croatian politician, football official and former president of the Football Association of Yugoslavia. Early life Šajber was born in Gradina, near Virovitica, to a Jewish family, ...

, Croatian politician, football official and former president of the Football Association of Yugoslavia Populated places in Virovitica-Podravina County Municipalities of Croatia Slavonia {{ViroviticaPodravina-geo-stub