Municipalities of Croatia
Municipalities in Croatia (
Though equal in powers and administrative bodies, municipalities and towns differ in that municipalities are usually more likely to consist of a collection of villages in rural or suburban areas, whereas towns are more likely to cover urbanised areas. Croatian law defines municipalities as local self-government units which are established, in an area where several inhabited settlements represent a natural, economic and social entity, related to one other by the common interests of the area's population.[4]
As of 2023, the 21 counties of Croatia are subdivided into 128 towns and 428 municipalities, which in turn are subdivided into 6757 settlements.[5][6][1]
Tasks and organization
Municipalities, within their self-governing scope of activities, perform the tasks of local significance, which directly fulfil the citizens’ needs, and which were not assigned to the state bodies by the constitution or law, and in particular affairs related to the organization of localities and housing, zoning and planning, public utilities, child care, social welfare, primary health services, education and primary schools, culture, physical education and sports, customer protection, protection and improvement of the environment, fire protection and civil defence, and local transport.[4][7]
Municipality government
Croatian municipalities are administratively subdivided into "local committee areas" (mjesni odbori) with elected councils.
List of municipalities
As of 2015[update], there are 428 municipalities in Croatia.[9]
Continental Croatia
Koprivnica-Križevci County
Krapina-Zagorje County
- Bedekovčina
- Budinščina
- Desinić
- Đurmanec
- Gornja Stubica
- Hrašćina
- Hum na Sutli
- Jesenje
- Kraljevec na Sutli
- Krapinske Toplice
- Konjščina
- Kumrovec
- Lobor
- Marija Bistrica
- Mače
- Mihovljan
- Novi Golubovec
- Petrovsko
- Radoboj
- Sveti Križ Začretje
- Stubičke Toplice
- Tuhelj
- Veliko Trgovišće
- Zagorska Sela
- Zlatar-Bistrica
Međimurje County
Varaždin County
Zagreb County
Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Brod-Posavina County
Karlovac County
Osijek-Baranja County
- Antunovac
- Bilje
- Bizovac
- Čeminac
- Čepin
- Darda
- Donja Motičina
- Draž
- Drenje
- Đurđenovac
- Erdut
- Ernestinovo
- Feričanci
- Gorjani
- Jagodnjak
- Kneževi Vinogradi
- Koška
- Levanjska Varoš
- Magadenovac
- Marijanci
- Petlovac
- Petrijevci
- Podravska Moslavina
- Podgorač
- Popovac
- Punitovci
- Satnica Đakovačka
- Semeljci
- Strizivojna
- Šodolovci
- Trnava
- Viljevo
- Viškovci
- Vladislavci
- Vuka
Požega-Slavonia County
Sisak-Moslavina County
- Donji Kukuruzari
- Dvor
- Gvozd
- Hrvatska Dubica
- Jasenovac
- Lekenik
- Lipovljani
- Majur
- Martinska Ves
- Sunja
- Topusko
- Velika Ludina
Virovitica-Podravina County
Vukovar-Srijem County
Adriatic Croatia
Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Istria County
Lika-Senj County
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Šibenik-Knin County
Split-Dalmatia County
- Baška Voda
- Bol
- Brela
- Cista Provo
- Dicmo
- Dugi Rat
- Dugopolje
- Gradac
- Hrvace
- Jelsa
- Klis
- Lećevica
- Lokvičići
- Lovreć
- Marina
- Milna
- Muć
- Nerežišća
- Okrug
- Otok Dalmatinski
- Podbablje
- Podgora
- Podstrana
- Postira
- Prgomet
- Primorski Dolac
- Proložac
- Pučišća
- Runovići
- Seget
- Selca
- Sućuraj
- Sutivan
- Šestanovac
- Šolta
- Tučepi
- Zadvarje
- Zagvozd
- Zmijavci
Zadar County
See also
- Administrative divisions of Croatia
- List of cities and towns in Croatia
- Association of Municipalities of the Republic of Croatia
- Joint Council of Municipalities
- Cadastral community
References
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- ^ "Zakon o naseljima". www.zakon.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-10-02.
- ^ a b c "Zakon o lokalnoj i područnoj (regionalnoj) samoupravi (pročišćeni tekst)" [Local and Regional Self-Government Act (consolidated text)]. Narodne novine (in Croatian). No. 19/2013. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Zakon o područjima županija, gradova i općina u Republici Hrvatskoj" [Territories of Counties, Cities and Municipalities of the Republic of Croatia Act]. Narodne novine (in Croatian). 28 July 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ "Popovača dobila status grada". Poslovni dnevnik (in Croatian). 12 April 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (consolidated text) - Croatian Parliament Archived 2015-11-02 at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ "Zakon o lokalnim izborima" [Local Elections Act]. Narodne novine (in Croatian). No. 144/2012. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Popis gradova i općina" (Microsoft Excel). uprava.hr (in Croatian). Ministry of Public Administration, Croatia. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.