Dežanovac (,
German
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: ''Deschanowatz'',
Hungarian: ''Szentlélek'') is a
village
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and a municipality in
Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Bjelovar-Bilogora County (; ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in central Croatia.
The central city of Bjelovar was first mentioned in 1413, and it only gained importance when a new fort was built in 1756 to defend against the Ottoman Empire, O ...
,
Croatia
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.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, the population of the municipality was 1,978 with 608 living in the town proper.
There were 2,715 inhabitants (2011).
58.9% of the population were
Croats
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and 23.1%
Czechs
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.
The municipality consists of the following settlements:
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Blagorodovac, population 155
*Dežanovac, population 608
*
Donji Sređani, population 139
*
Drlež, population 11
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Golubinjak, population 117
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Gornji Sređani, population 198
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Goveđe Polje, population 73
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Ivanovo Polje, population 170
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Kaštel Dežanovački, population 36
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Kreštelovac, population 75
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Sokolovac, population 176
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Trojeglava, population 220
Politics
Minority councils and representatives
Although though the
Government of the Republic of Croatia
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does not guarantee official Croatian-Czech bilinguialism here, the statute of Dežanovac itself does.
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
Czechs
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,
Hungarians
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and
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 their own 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Dežanovac.
References
External links
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Municipalities of Croatia
Populated places in Bjelovar-Bilogora County
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