Bjelovar-Bilogora County


Bjelovar-Bilogora County is a county in central Croatia.
The central town of Bjelovar was first mentioned in 1413, and it only gained importance when a new fort was built in 1756 to defend against the Ottoman invasions. The town was pronounced a free royal town in 1874.
The other part of the county name is for the hill of Bilogora that stretches along the northern edge of the county.
Other towns in the county are Daruvar, Garešnica, Čazma and Grubišno Polje.
The Bjelovar-Bilogora County borders on the Koprivnica-Križevci County in the north, Virovitica-Podravina County in the northeast, Požega-Slavonia County in the southeast, Sisak-Moslavina County in the southwest and Zagreb County in the west.
Alongside the City of Zagreb and Požega-Slavonia County, it is the only Croatian county that does not border another nation.

Administrative division

Bjelovar-Bilogora County is further divided into 5 towns and 18 municipalities.
TownPopulation
Bjelovar40,276
Čazma8,077
Daruvar11,633
Garešnica10,472
Grubišno Polje6,478

MunicipalityPopulation
Berek1,443
Dežanovac2,715
Đulovac3,245
Hercegovac2,383
Ivanska2,911
Kapela2,984
Končanica2,360
Nova Rača3,433
Rovišće4,822
Severin877
Sirač2,218
Šandrovac1,776
Štefanje2,030
Velika Pisanica1,781
Velika Trnovitica1,370
Veliki Grđevac2,849
Veliko Trojstvo2,741
Zrinski Topolovac890

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, the county had 119,764 residents. The population density is 45 people per km2.
Ethnic Croats form the majority with 84.8% of the population, followed by Serbs at 6.3% and Czechs at 5.2%.

Protected areas