Brod-Posavina County

Brod-Posavina County Brodsko-posavska županija
County
Flag Coat of arms
Brod-Posavina County in Croatia
Country	Croatia
County seat	Slavonski Brod
Government
• Župan	Danijel Marušić (HDZ)
Area
• Total	2,030 km2 (780 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	158,575
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Area code	035
ISO 3166 code	HR-12
HDI (2017)	0.783 high · 18th
Website	www.bpz.hr

Brod-Posavina County (Croatian: Brodsko-posavska županija) is a county in southern Slavonia, Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod. It is on the left bank of the Sava. Because of this, it is called Posavina.

Geography

The Brod-Posavina County borders on the Sisak-Moslavina County in the west, Požega-Slavonia County in the north, Osijek-Baranja County in the northeast, and Vukovar-Srijem County in the east.

Administrative divisions

Brod-Posavina County is divided into:

• City of Slavonski Brod (county seat)
• Town of Nova Gradiška
• Municipality of Bebrina
• Municipality of Brodski Stupnik
• Municipality of Bukovlje
• Municipality of Cernik
• Municipality of Davor
• Municipality of Donji Andrijevci
• Municipality of Dragalić
• Municipality of Garčin
• Municipality of Gornja Vrba
• Municipality of Gornji Bogićevci
• Municipality of Gundinci
• Municipality of Klakar
• Municipality of Nova Kapela
• Municipality of Okučani
• Municipality of Oprisavci
• Municipality of Oriovac
• Municipality of Podcrkavlje
• Municipality of Rešetari
• Municipality of Sibinj
• Municipality of Sikirevci
• Municipality of Slavonski Šamac
• Municipality of Stara Gradiška
• Municipality of Staro Petrovo Selo
• Municipality of Velika Kopanica
• Municipality of Vrbje
• Municipality of Vrpolje

Demographics

Population pyramid of Brod-Posavina county per the 2011 Census

Historical populations of Brod-Posavina County

Year	Pop.	±%
1857	74,136	—
1869	79,273	+6.9%
1880	77,739	−1.9%
1890	90,751	+16.7%
1900	99,979	+10.2%
1910	116,295	+16.3%
1921	112,693	−3.1%
1931	128,790	+14.3%

Year	Pop.	±%
1948	134,436	+4.4%
1953	142,614	+6.1%
1961	154,309	+8.2%
1971	164,065	+6.3%
1981	167,667	+2.2%
1991	174,998	+4.4%
2001	176,765	+1.0%
2011	158,575	−10.3%

Source: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2001, Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Zagreb, 2005

As of the 2011 census, the county had 158,575 residents. The population density is 78 people per km².

Ethnic Croats are the majority with 95.0% of the population. Serbs are 2.6%.

Other websites

• Official website (in Croatian)