Administrative division of Croatia

The administrative division of Croatia is the vertical administrative structure of the Republic of Croatia .

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Below the national level there are 20 regional self-government units ( Croatian županija , plural županije , German “ County ” or “ County ”) as well as the capital Zagreb , which itself has the status of a county. These units correspond to the third level (NUTS-3) of the EU territorial classification NUTS .

The 21 units (including the city of Zagreb) are grouped into the following two regija (statistical regions, NUTS 2 level):

HR03: Jadranska Hrvatska (Adriatic Croatia)
HR04: Kontinentalna Hrvatska (Continental Croatia)

These regions have no regional authority character.

The second administrative level is made up of the 546 Gradovi i općine (cities and municipalities) that correspond to LAU-2 (LAU-1 is not occupied).

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Croatian counties
Individual preview of the counties

Counties ( Županije )

Summary table of Croatian Županije

The counties are named partly after the capital, partly after landscape terms.

No.	Županija	German name	Area in km²	Residents ¹	Density ²	Administrative headquarters	NUTS 3 code ³
1	Zagrebačka županija	Zagreb County	3,078	317,606	103	Zagreb	HR042
2	Krapinsko-zagorska županija	Krapina-Zagorje County	1,230	132,892	108	Krapina	HR043
3	Sisačko-moslavačka županija	Sisak-Moslavina County	4,448	172,439	39	Sisak	HR04E
4th	Karlovačka županija	Karlovac County	3,622	128,899	36	Karlovac	HR04D
5	Varaždinska županija	Varaždin County	1,260	175,951	140	Varaždin	HR044
6th	Koprivničko-križevačka županija	Koprivnica-Križevci County	1,734	115,584	67	Koprivnica	HR045
7th	Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija	Bjelovar-Bilogora County	2,638	119.764	45	Bjelovar	HR047
8th	Primorsko-goranska županija	Primorje-Gorski kotar County (Coastal Country - Mountainous Country)	3,590	296.195	83	Rijeka	HR031
9	Ličko-senjska županija	Lika-Senj County	5,350	50,927	10	Gospić	HR032
10	Virovitičko-podravska županija	Virovitica-Podravina County	2,021	84,836	42	Virovitica	HR048
11	Požeško-slavonska županija	Požega-Slavonia County	1,821	78.034	43	Požega	HR049
12	Brodsko-posavska županija	Brod-Posavina County	2,027	158,575	78	Slavonski Brod	HR04A
13	Zadarska županija	Zadar County	3,643	170.017	47	Zadar	HR033
14th	Osječko-baranjska županija	Osijek-Baranja County	4.149	305.032	74	Osijek	HR04B
15th	Šibensko-kninska županija	Šibenik-Knin County	2,994	109,375	37	Šibenik	HR034
16	Vukovarsko-srijemska županija	Vukovar-Syrmia County	2,448	179,521	73	Vukovar	HR04C
17th	Splitsko-dalmatinska županija	Split-Dalmatia County	4,524	454.798	101	Split	HR035
18th	Istarska županija	Istria County	2,813	208.055	74	Pazin	HR036
19th	Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija	Dubrovnik-Neretva County	1,782	122,568	69	Dubrovnik	HR037
20th	Međimurska županija	Međimurje County	730	113,804	156	Čakovec	HR046
21st	Degree Zagreb	City of Zagreb	640	790.017	1234	Zagreb	HR041
	total		56,542	4,284,889	76

¹ 2011 census

² Population density in inhabitants per km²

³ The first four code digits show the NUTS 2 code of the superordinate region

Institutions

Each county has an elected 'county assembly ' (Croatian Županijska skupština ). At the head of the 'County Government ' (Croatian Županijsko poglavarstvo , literally: 'County Main Team ') is the ' Gespan ' (Croatian Župan ), who is elected by the County Assembly and confirmed by the President.

The counties are divided into 122 cities (Croatian grad , plural gradovi ) and 423 municipalities (Croatian općina , plural općine ) (figures as of March 31, 2001).

Effective range

The counties are responsible for all regional areas that do not fall under the control of higher-level state institutions due to the constitution or other statutory provisions.

The counties can determine the following areas in their sphere of activity:

education

health

Community planning

Economic development

Transport and infrastructure

Maintenance and maintenance of public roads

Planning and development of educational, health, social and cultural institutions

Issuance of building permits and Lokacijska dozvola (other permits associated with construction works) as well as the execution of area plans for the area of the county outside of large cities

other work depending on special laws

history

The current counties were formed in 1992 on the basis of the provisions of the 1990 Constitution. The new counties and the new cities and municipalities formed within them replaced the 102 (large) municipalities that had previously existed. The boundaries of the counties have only changed in a few cases since then. In the course of the accession negotiations with the EU since 2006, the statistical authority EUROSTAT carried out a classification according to the NUTS methodology and initially defined four regions as NUTS 2 regions. Since April 2007 it has been clear that Croatia will be divided into three statistical regions for the EU authorities, since according to the latest regulation each statistical region must have a population share of at least 800,000 inhabitants.

Web links

Commons : Maps of Croatian counties - collection of images, videos and audio files

Croatian Government - Information on local and regional self-government in Croatia
Statistical regions of the EU

Individual evidence

↑ DZS Croatian Bureau Of Statistics (Ed.): Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011, Population by Sex and Age . 2013, ISSN 1333-1876 , p. 54 ff . (English, dzs.hr [PDF; 13.3 MB ; accessed on January 25, 2019]).

[1] DZS Croatian Bureau Of Statistics (Ed.): Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011, Population by Sex and Age . 2013, ISSN 1333-1876 , p. 54 ff . (English, dzs.hr [PDF; 13.3 MB ; accessed on January 25, 2019]).