Velika is a village and a municipality in the
Požega Valley
The Požega Valley () is a geographic microregion of Croatia, located in central Slavonia, encompassing the eastern part of the Požega-Slavonia County. It is located in the Pannonian Basin, bounded by Psunj, Papuk and Krndija mountains from west ...
in
Slavonia
Slavonia (; ) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria County, Istria, one of the four Regions of Croatia, historical regions of Croatia. Located in the Pannonian Plain and taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with f ...
.
Geography
It is located on the southern slopes of Papuk Mountain 12 km north of
Požega, in the
Požega-Slavonia County
Požega-Slavonia County ( ) is a Croatian county in western Slavonia. Its capital is Požega, Croatia, Požega. Its population was 78,034 at the 2011 census.
Alongside the City of Zagreb and Bjelovar-Bilogora County, it is one of three Croatian ...
, with the elevation of 278 m.
Velika is located on the Požega -
Slatina county road and Velika - Požega -
Pleternica
Pleternica is a town in the region of Slavonia, Croatia, southeast of Požega, in the Požega Valley (''Požeška kotlina''). The population of the municipality is 11,323, with 3,418 in Pleternica itself (2011).
Pleternica is located at the con ...
railway.
Economy
Chief occupations include farming, viticulture and tourism (recreational centre).
Demographics
There are a total of 5,607 people in the municipality (census 2011), in the following
settlements:
*
Antunovac, population 158
*
Biškupci, population 354
*
Bratuljevci, population 25
*
Doljanci, population 84
*
Draga, population 275
*
Gornji Vrhovci, population 10
*
Kantrovci, population 34
*
Klisa, population 0
*
Lučinci, population 53
*
Markovac, population 1
*
Milanovac, population 45
*
Milivojevci
Milivojevci is a village in Požega-Slavonia County, Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, ...
, population 17
*
Nježić, population 1
*
Oljasi, population 63
*
Ozdakovci, population 5
*
Poljanska, population 96
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Potočani, population 182
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Radovanci, population 483
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Smoljanovci, population 3
*
Stražeman, population 231
*
Toranj, population 173
*
Trenkovo, population 799
*
Trnovac, population 398
* Velika, population 2,117
In the same census, 95% of the population were
Croats
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. Ethnic minorities in the municipality include the
Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...
(220) and to a lesser extent people of Czech, Hungarian, German and Slovenian descent.
Colonist settlement of Požeški Aleksandrovac (later renamed Antunovac) was established on the territory of the village municipality during the
land reform in interwar Yugoslavia
The land reform in interwar Yugoslavia was a process of redistribution of agricultural land in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929) carried out in the interwar period. The reform's proclaimed social ideal was ...
.
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.
At the
Serbs of Croatia
The Serbs of Croatia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Срби у Хрватској, Srbi u Hrvatskoj) or Croatian Serbs ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Хрватски Срби, Hrvatski Srbi) constitute the largest national minority in C ...
fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Velika with 8 members being elected in the end.
History
It was ruled by
Ottoman Empire
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between 1532 and 1687 and again between 1690 and 1691 as part of
Sanjak of Pojega
The Sanjak of Pojega (; ) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire formed around 1538. It existed until the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699), when the region was transferred to the Habsburg monarchy. It was located in present-da ...
before
Austria
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n conquest.fy
References
Populated places in Požega-Slavonia County
Slavonia
Velika
Municipalities of Croatia
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