Viljevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Виљево, Hungarian: Villyó) is a village and a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.

Viljevo
Viljevo is located in Osijek-Baranja County
Viljevo
Viljevo
Location in Croatia
Viljevo is located in Croatia
Viljevo
Viljevo
Viljevo (Croatia)
Coordinates: 45°45′N 18°04′E / 45.75°N 18.06°E / 45.75; 18.06
Country Croatia
County Osijek-Baranja
Government
 • MayorIvan Fekete
Area
111.3 km2 (43.0 sq mi)
 • Urban
38.5 km2 (14.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,626
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
 • Urban
987
 • Urban density26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
Websiteviljevo.hr

In the 2011, there were 2,065 inhabitants, in the following settlements:[3]

In the same census, 81.26% of the population were Croats, 16.46% Serbs, 1.36% Roma.[4]

Colonist settlements of Blanje, Čret, and Krunoslavlje were established on the territory of the village municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.[5]

Politics

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Minority councils

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Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities to advocate for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[6] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections, Roma and Serbs of Croatia each fulfilled the legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Viljevo Municipality.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Viljevo". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Osijek-Baranja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. ^ Šimončić-Bobetko, Zdenka (1990). "Kolonizacija u Hrvatskoj 1919.—1941. godine" [Colonization in Croatia Between 1919 and 1941]. Povijesni prilozi (in Croatian). 9 (9). Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest: 160–162. ISSN 0351-9767.
  6. ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIV. OSJEČKO-BARANJSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 41. Retrieved 3 June 2023.