Koška

Municipality in Osijek-Baranja, Croatia

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45°32′N 18°17′E / 45.54°N 18.28°E / 45.54; 18.28Country

CroatiaCounty

Osijek-BaranjaGovernment

• MayorZoran KovačevićArea

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• Municipality122.6 km² (47.3 sq mi) • Urban

37.9 km² (14.6 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Municipality3,169 • Density26/km² (67/sq mi) • Urban

1,237 • Urban density33/km² (85/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)Websitekoska.hr

Koška (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошка, Slovak: Koška, Hungarian: Koska) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. There are 3,980 inhabitants, 89.5% of them Croats, 6.78% Serbs and 1.38% Slovaks (2011 census).^[3]

The settlements in the municipality are:^[4]

Andrijevac, population 155
Branimirovac, population 95
Breznica Našička, population 617
Koška, population 1,525
Ledenik, population 189
Lug Subotički, population 335
Niza, population 432
Normanci, population 324
Ordanja, population 162
Topoline, population 146

Politics

Minority councils

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities, advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.^[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members municipal minority councils of the Koška Municipality.^[6]

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "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.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Koška". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ "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. 31. Retrieved 3 June 2023.