Gornji Bogićevci is a
village
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and a municipality in the
Brod-Posavina County
Brod-Posavina County () is the southern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod and it spreads along the left bank of the Sava river, hence the name '' Posavina''. Other notable towns include Nova Gradiška.
Geograp ...
,
Croatia
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.
Demographics
In 2021, the municipality had 1,428 residents in the following settlements:
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Dubovac, population 262
*Gornji Bogićevci, population 538
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Kosovac, population 135
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Ratkovac, population 146
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Smrtić, population 197
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Trnava
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, population 150
In 2011, 89% of the people were
Croats
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.
Politics
Minority councils
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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 councils of the Municipality of Gordnji Bogićevci.
Notable people
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Grigor Vitez, born in Kosovac
References
Municipalities of Croatia
Populated places in Brod-Posavina County
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