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Sopje

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Sopje
Sopje is located in Croatia
Sopje
Sopje
Coordinates: 45°48′03.96″N 17°44′33.00″E / 45.8011000°N 17.7425000°E / 45.8011000; 17.7425000
Country Croatia
CountyVirovitica-Podravina
Area
[1]
 • Total
117.2 km2 (45.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
1,897
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitesopje.hr

Sopje is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County.[3]

In the 2011 census, Sopje had a total population of 2,230, in the following settlements:[4]

At the time of Ancient Rome, there was a salt lake called Salapia somewhere in Interamnia (modern-day Slavonia). It's been suggested that the name Sopje derives from its name.[dubious – discuss]

Colonist settlements of Bobovac and Sopjanska Greda were established on the territory of the village municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.[5]

Politics

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Minority councils

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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.[6] 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 Sopje but with only 7 representatives being elected in the body in the end.[7]

References

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  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. ^ REPUBLIC OF CROATIA - MINI GUIDE 2001 (PDF). p. 11. ISSN 1334-0239. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 14, 2005.
  4. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Sopje". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. ^ Šimončić-Bobetko, Zdenka (1990). "Kolonizacija u Hrvatskoj 1919.—1941. godine" [Colonization in Croatia Between 1919 and 1941]. Povijesni prilozi (in Croatian). 9 (9). Zagreb: Hrvatski institut za povijest: 160–162. ISSN 0351-9767.
  6. ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. X. VIROVITIČKO-PODRAVSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 14. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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