Bjelovar-Bilogora County

**Bjelovar-Bilogora County** (;  ) is a county in central Croatia.

The town of Bjelovar was first mentioned in historical records in 1413. It became important when a fort was built in 1756 to defend against the Ottoman Empire, who often invaded Croatia.

A hill, Bilogora, is along the northern edge of the county. Thus the name comes from the two important features in the county, Bjelovar and Bilogora.

Other towns in the county are Daruvar, Garešnica, Čazma and Grubišno Polje.

The Bjelovar-Bilogora County borders on Koprivnica-Križevci County in the north, Virovitica-Podravina County in the northeast, Požega-Slavonia County in the southeast, Sisak-Moslavina County in the southwest and Zagreb County in the west.

## Administrative division

Bjelovar-Bilogora County is divided into 5 towns and 18 municipalities.

|style=width:8.5em|Town|Population <small>(2011 census)</small>|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Bjelovar|align="right"|40,276|
|Čazma|align="right"|8,077|
|Daruvar|align="right"|11,633|
|Garešnica|align="right"|10,472|
|Grubišno Polje|align="right"|6,478|

|style=width:8.5em|Municipality|Population <small>(2011 census)</small>|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Berek|align="right"|1,443|
|Dežanovac|align="right"|2,715|
|Đulovac|align="right"|3,245|
|Hercegovac|align="right"|2,383|
|Ivanska|align="right"|2,911|
|Kapela|align="right"|2,984|
|Končanica|align="right"|2,360|
|Nova Rača|align="right"|3,433|
|Rovišće|align="right"|4,822|
|Severin|align="right"|877|
|Sirač|align="right"|2,218|
|Šandrovac|align="right"|1,776|
|Štefanje|align="right"|2,030|
|Velika Pisanica|align="right"|1,781|
|Velika Trnovitica|align="right"|1,370|
|Veliki Grđevac|align="right"|2,849|
|Veliko Trojstvo|align="right"|2,741|
|Zrinski Topolovac|align="right"|890|

## Demographics

As of the 2011 census, the county had 119,764 people in it. The population density is 45 people per km<sup>2</sup>.

Most people are ethnic Croats. They are 84.8% of the population. Serbs are 6.3%, and Czechs are 5.2%.

## Other websites

- Turistička zajednica Bjelovarsko-bilogorske županije Tourist Board

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Bjelovar-Bilogora County
- **native name**: Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija
- **native name lang**: hr
- **settlement type**: Counties of Croatia, County
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **image flag**: Zastava bjelovarsko bilogorske zupanije.gif
- **image shield**: Bjelovar-Bilogora County coat of arms.png
- **image map**: Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija in Croatia.svg
- **map caption**: Bjelovar-Bilogora County within Croatia
- **seat type**: County seat
- **seat**: Bjelovar
- **leader title**: List of prefects of Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Župan
- **leader name**: Damir Bajs
- **leader party**: Independent politician, Ind.
- **leader title1**: Assembly
- **area total km2**: 2640
- **population as of**: 2011
- **population total**: 119764
- **population density km2**: auto
- **iso code**: HR-07
- **blank name sec1**: Human Development Index, HDI (2017)
- **blank info sec1**: 0.790
 · List of Croatian counties by Human Development Index, 17th
- **area code type**: Telephone numbers in Croatia, Area code
- **area code**: 043