Oriovac

Oriovac
Municipality
Oriovac railway station
Oriovac railway station
Interactive map of Oriovac
Oriovac is located in Croatia
Oriovac
Oriovac
Location of Oriovac in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°9′58″N 17°45′36″E / 45.16611°N 17.76000°E / 45.16611; 17.76000
Country Croatia
CountyBrod-Posavina County
Government
 • MayorAntun Pavetić (HSS)
Area
 • Municipality
93.3 km2 (36.0 sq mi)
 • Urban
19.3 km2 (7.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
 • Municipality
4,770
 • Density51.1/km2 (132/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,490
 • Urban density77.2/km2 (200/sq mi)
Postal code
35250 Oriovac
Websiteoriovac.hr

Oriovac is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. It is approximately 23km west of Slavonski Brod and near the Sava river plain. The municipality is of an area of 99 km2 including ten settlements of which Oriovac is the main administrative center.

History

According to the town's historical chronicler Marijan Machalla, the earliest mention of the town dates back to 1220. In 1535 it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire, evidence seen to this day in a 17th century fountain. In the late 1600s it became a military frontier built by the Habsburg Monarch following the Ottoman withdrawal.

Until 1918, Oriovac (named Oriowacz before 1850) 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:

Oriovac: Population trends 1857–2021
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Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ↑ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. 1 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. ↑ "Općenito o općini - Općina Oriovac". www.oriovac.hr. Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  5. ↑ "Povijest općine Oriovac". www.oriovac.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2026-10-17.
  6. ↑ enciklopedija, Hrvatska. "Oriovac". Hrvatska enciklopedija (in Croatian). Retrieved 2026-06-24.
  7. ↑ Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin Mueller, 1961.
  8. ↑ 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. PMID 22522997.