Official Name: | Hercegovac |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Bjelovar-Bilogora County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 50.6 |
Area Urban Km2: | 15.9 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1910 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 857 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Hercegovac (Czech: Hercegovec, German: Herzogsturn, Hungarian: Szentkirály), is a village and a municipality in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia. In 2001 there were 2,791 inhabitants, of which 87% were Croats.[2]
The population is distributed in 5 settlements:[3]
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.[4] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Czechs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Hercegovac but the elections were not organized due to the lack of candidates.[5]
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Hercegovac was part of the Bjelovar-Križevci County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.