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.

+Towns Town Population(2011 census) Bjelovar40,276 Čazma8,077 Daruvar11,633 Garešnica10,472 Grubišno Polje6,478

+Municipalities Municipality Population(2011 census) Berek1,443 Dežanovac2,715 Đulovac3,245 Hercegovac2,383 Ivanska2,911 Kapela2,984 Končanica2,360 Nova Rača3,433 Rovišće4,822 Severin877 Sirač2,218 Šandrovac1,776 Štefanje2,030 Velika Pisanica1,781 Velika Trnovitica1,370 Veliki Grđevac2,849 Veliko Trojstvo2,741 Zrinski Topolovac890

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, the county had 119,764 people in it. The population density is 45 people per km2.

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

 References 

Other websites


 Turistička zajednica Bjelovarsko-bilogorske županije Tourist Board

Category:Counties of Croatia