Pitomača

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Pitomača
Pitomača is located in Croatia
Pitomača
Pitomača
Coordinates: 45°57′02.16″N 17°13′45.84″E / 45.9506000°N 17.2294000°E / 45.9506000; 17.2294000
Country Croatia
CountyVirovitica-Podravina
Area
  Total
158.0 km2 (61.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
  Total
8,402
  Density53.18/km2 (137.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitepitomaca.hr

Pitomača is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County.

In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 10,059, in the following settlements:[3]

In the same census, 98.62% were Croats.[4]

History

Since the end of the Ottoman Empire until 1918, Pitomača (named PITOMACA before 1850)[5] was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia after the compromise of 1867), in the Croatian Military Frontier, Warasdin-St. Georgener Regiment N°VI.[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" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Pitomača". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: Pitomača". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961.
  6. Probably until 1881.