Pitomača is a village and a

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

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, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

in the Virovitica–Podravina County. In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 10,059, in the following settlements: * Dinjevac, population 458 * Grabrovnica, population 405 * Kladare, population 467 * Križnica, population 128 * Mala Črešnjevica, population 199 * Otrovanec, population 624 * Pitomača, population 5,646 * Sedlarica, population 363 * Stari Gradac, population 674 * Starogradački Marof, population 247 * Turnašica, population 333 * Velika Črešnjevica, population 515 In the same census, 98.62% were

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History

Since the end of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

until 1918, Pitomača (named ''PITOMACA'' before 1850) was part of the

Austrian monarchy The Habsburg monarchy, also known as Habsburg Empire, or Habsburg Realm (), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ( composite monarchy) that were ruled by the House of Habsburg. From the 18th century it ...

(

Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (; or ; ) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was created in 1868 by merging the kingdoms of Kingdom of Croatia (Habs ...

after the compromise of 1867), in the

Croatian Military Frontier The Croatian Military Frontier ( or ') was a district of the Military Frontier, a territory in the Habsburg monarchy, first during the period of the Austrian Empire and then during Austria-Hungary. History Founded in the late 16th century out of ...

, Warasdin-St. Georgener Regiment N°VI.Probably until 1881.

References

Populated places in Virovitica-Podravina County Municipalities of Croatia {{ViroviticaPodravina-geo-stub