Pitomača

Coordinates: 45°57′02.16″N 17°13′45.84″E / 45.9506000°N 17.2294000°E / 45.9506000; 17.2294000
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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
 • Total158.0 km2 (61.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total8,402
 • Density53/km2 (140/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[edit]

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[edit]

  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: 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.