Oriovac

Oriovac
Municipality
Oriovac railway station
Oriovac Location of Oriovac in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°9′58″N17°45′36″E / 45.16611°N 17.76000°E / 45.16611; 17.76000
Country	Croatia
County	Brod-Posavina County
Government
• Mayor	Antun Pavetić (HSS)
Area [1]
• Municipality	93.3 km2 (36.0 sq mi)
• Urban	19.3 km2 (7.5 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Municipality	4,770
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
•  Urban	1,490
• Urban density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Postal code [3]	35250 Oriovac
Website	oriovac.hr

Oriovac is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia.

History

Until 1918, Oriovac (named Oriowacz before 1850) ^[4] was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia after the compromise of 1867), in the Slavonian Military Frontier, Gradiskaner Regiment N°VIII before its dissolution in 1881.

Demographics

In 2021, the municipality had 4,770 residents in the following 10 settlements: ^[2]

• Bečic, population 95
• Ciglenik, population 133
• Kujnik, population 248
• Lužani, population 850
• Malino, population 410
• Oriovac, population 1490
• Pričac, population 90
• Radovanje, population 231
• Slavonski Kobaš, population 1034
• Živike, population 189

Oriovac: Population trends 1857–2021

v

population	4610	4658	4731	5505	5650	6282	6227	6902	7152	7226	7185	7058	6942	6860	6559	5824	4770
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Notable people

• Fran Gundrum, physician and encyclopedist ^[5]

See also

• Oriovac railway station

References

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. List of Croatian settlements and delivery post offices. Wikidata   Q125763583.
4. Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin Mueller, 1961.
5. Kuhar, Martin; Fatović-Ferenčić, Stella (April 2012). "Prostitutes and criminals: beginnings of eugenics in Croatia in the works of Fran Gundrum from Oriovac (1856-1919)". Croatian Medical Journal. 53 (2): 185–197. doi:10.3325/cmj.2012.53.185. ISSN   0353-9504. PMC   3342652 . Archived from the original on 2024-12-30. Retrieved 2025-01-06.

• Povijest općine Oriovac (in Croatian)