Sisaczko-Moslavačka [1] ( Croat. Sisačko-moslavačka županija ) - County in the eastern part of Central Croatia . The administrative center of the county is the city of Sisak .
| County | |||||
| Sisachko-Moslavachka | |||||
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| Horv. Sisačko-moslavačka županija | |||||
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| A country | Croatia | ||||
| Includes | 7 cities 12 communities 456 settlements | ||||
| Adm. Centre | Sisak | ||||
| Jupan | |||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Square | 4468 km² (3rd place ) | ||||
| Timezone | CET ( UTC + 1 , summer UTC + 2 ) | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 172 439 people people ( 2011 ) ( 9th place ) | ||||
| Density | 38.59 people / km² (18th place) | ||||
| Digital identifiers | |||||
| ISO 3166-2 Code | HR-03 | ||||
| Telephone code | +385 44 | ||||
| Postal codes | 44000 | ||||
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The name of the county is formed on behalf of the city of Sisak and the region of Moslavin .
Content
Geographical position
County is bordered by the provinces of Karlovachka in the west, Zagrebachka in the north, Bjelovarsko-Bilogorsk and Pozhesko-Slavonska in the northwest and Brodsko-Posavsk in the east, as well as Bosnia-Herzegovina in the south.
The most picturesque part of the County is Moslavina with the Lonsko Pole Natural Park.
History
The capital of the county, the city of Sisak , was the capital of the Roman province of Pannonia-Savia and the largest city in the region at the confluence of the Kupa and Sava rivers .
The patron saint of Sisak is Saint Quirinius , the first Christian bishop to be tortured during the persecution of Christians under the emperor Diocletian . Legend has it that he was tied to a millstone and thrown into the river, but he miraculously escaped and continued his service to God.
Sisak became famous thanks to the battle of Sisak in 1593 , when the army of the Holy Roman Empire defeated the Turkish army of the Ottoman Empire .
Sisak has the largest metallurgical plant in Croatia, supported by the Faculty of Metallurgy of the University of Zagreb , located in Sisak, and the largest oil refinery. They are associated with petrochemical production in the neighboring town of Kutin .
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the total population of the county is 172,439 people [2] . The largest cities are Sisak , Petrinia and Kutina .
According to the census, 142,077 Croats (82.39%), 21,002 Serbs (12.18%), 2464 Bosnians (1.43%) live in the county. For other nationalities does not exceed 1% [2] . The predominant religion is Catholicism (79.27%). 12.23% are Orthodox, 2.4% are Muslims. 4.96% are not religious or refused to respond.
| Historical population 1857-2011 |
Administrative Division
County is divided into 7 cities, 12 communities and 456 settlements.
Cities:
- Sisak , the capital of the County, population 33 322 people
- Petrinia , population 15 683 people
- Kutina , population 13 735 people
- Novska , population 7028 people
- Clay , population 4,680
- Popovacha , population 4207 people
- Khrvatsk-Kostaynitsa , population 2127 people
Communities:
- Donji Kukuruzari
- The yard
- The nail
- Hrvatska Dubica
- Jasenovac
- Lekenik
- Lipovlyany
- Mayur
- Martinska Ves
- Suna
- Topusco
- Velika Ludina
Notes
- ↑ Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania // Atlas of the world / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 70-71. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ 1 2 POPULATION BY AGE AND SEX, BY SETTLEMENTS, 2011 CENSUS (link not available)