Polača
Polača | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Municipality within Zadar County | |
Polača Location of Polača in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 44°01′N 15°31′E / 44.017°N 15.517°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Zadar County |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 30.0 km2 (11.6 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 10.5 km2 (4.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 1,389 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 993 |
| • Urban density | 95/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Website | opcina-polaca |
Polača is a village and a municipality in Croatia in Zadar County.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, there are 1,389 inhabitants, in the following settlements:[2]
- Donja Jagodnja, population 126
- Gornja Jagodnja, population 93
- Kakma, population 177
- Polača, population 993
91,1% of the population are Croats. The area of Polača municipality is 30 km2.
| population | 833 | 1210 | 1006 | 1107 | 1278 | 1595 | 1803 | 1947 | 2476 | 2819 | 3002 | 2985 | 2619 | 2825 | 1434 | 1468 | 1389 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Politics
Minority councils and representatives
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[3] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Polača but the elections were not held due to the absence of candidatures.[4]
Notable people
References
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIII. ZADARSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 15. Retrieved 13 June 2023.