Kalinovac is a municipality in the

Koprivnica-Križevci County Koprivnica-Križevci County ( hr, Koprivničko-križevačka županija ; hu, Kapronca-Kőrös megye) is a county in Northern Croatia. Its hyphenated name comes from two entities: the two of its largest cities, Koprivnica and Križevci; Koprivn ...

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. According to the 2011 census, there are 1,597 inhabitants in the area, with

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forming an absolute majority.

History

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

Bjelovar-Križevci County The Bjelovar-Križevci County ( hr, Bjelovarsko-križevačka županija; hu, Belovár-Kőrös vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands o ...

of the

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Notable people

Josip Manolić Josip Manolić (; born 22 March 1920) is a Croatian former politician and communist revolutionary during World War II in Yugoslavia. He served as a high-ranking official of the Yugoslav State Security Administration (OZNA or UDBA) and later as ...

(Kalinovac, 1920), Yugoslav state security official and

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n politician, first

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of independent

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(1991)

References

Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Koprivnica-Križevci County {{KoprivnicaKriževci-geo-stub