Drenje, Osijek-Baranja County

Drenje
Municipality
Drenje is located in Osijek-Baranja County
Drenje
Drenje
Location of Drenje in Croatia
Drenje is located in Croatia
Drenje
Drenje
Drenje (Croatia)
Coordinates: 45°23′N 18°17′E / 45.38°N 18.28°E / 45.38; 18.28
Country Croatia
County Osijek-Baranja
Government
 • MayorSlavko Dešić
Area
[1]
 • Municipality106.4 km2 (41.1 sq mi)
 • Urban
9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality2,126
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
 • Urban
462
 • Urban density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (Central European Time)
Websitedrenje.hr

Drenje (Hungarian: Drenye, Serbian Cyrillic: Дрење) is a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia.

In the 2021 census, there were a total of 2,700 inhabitants, in the following settlements:[3]

  • Borovik, population 6
  • Bračevci, population 209
  • Bučje Gorjansko, population 73
  • Drenje, population 583
  • Kućanci Đakovački, population 148
  • Mandićevac, population 284
  • Paljevina, population 183
  • Podgorje Bračevačko, population 70
  • Potnjani, population 497
  • Preslatinci, population 160
  • Pridvorje, population 198
  • Slatinik Drenjski, population 289

In the same census, 95.7% of the population were Croats.[4]

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 Drenje Municipality but the elections were not held due to the lack of candidates.[6]

References

  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, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Drenje". 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. ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  6. ^ "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. 25. Retrieved 3 June 2023.