Sopje

Not to be confused with Skopje.

Place in Virovitica-Podravina, 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
County| Virovitica-Podravina
Area

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• Total| 117.2 km2 (45.3 sq mi)
Population

(2021)[2]

• Total| 1,897
• Density| 16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Website| sopje.hr

Sopje is a municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County.[3] As of a 2001 census, Sopje had a population of 2,750.[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]

## Politics[edit]

### Minority councils[edit]

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.[5] 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.[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. ^ REPUBLIC OF CROATIA - MINI GUIDE 2001 (PDF). p. 11\. ISSN 1334-0239. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 14, 2005.
4. ^ "About-Croatia.com". Retrieved February 12, 2008.
5. ^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
6. ^ "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.

## External links[edit]

* Sopje Municipality Website in Croatian

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Subdivisions of Virovitica-Podravina County

Towns|

* Orahovica
* Slatina
* Virovitica (seat)

Coat of arms of Virovitica-Podravina County

Municipalities|

* Crnac
* Čačinci
* Čađavica
* Gradina
* Lukač
* Mikleuš
* Nova Bukovica
* Pitomača
* Sopje
* Suhopolje
* Špišić Bukovica
* Voćin
* Zdenci

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