Rovišće (
Hungarian: ''Rojcsa,''
Czech: ''Roviště,''
Latin
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: ''Rvucha')'' is a
settlement and a municipality in
Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Bjelovar-Bilogora County (; ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in central Croatia.
The central city of Bjelovar was first mentioned in 1413, and it only gained importance when a new fort was built in 1756 to defend against the Ottoman Empire, O ...
,
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
.
Geography
The settlement of Rovišće, which is the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name, is located 12 km from
Bjelovar
Bjelovar (, , Czech language, Czech: ''Bělovar'' or ''Bělovár,'' Kajkavian dialect, Kajkavian: ''Belovar,'' Latin: ''Bellovarium'') is a city in central Croatia. In the Demographics of Croatia, 2021 census, its population was 36,316 .
It is ...
to the west, and 72 km from
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...
. Rovišće is directly located on the traffic route Bjelovar - Zagreb. Rovišće lies on the
south-western slopes of
Bilogora a low mountainous range in Croatia.
Velika a tributary of the river
Česma flows 2 km west of Rovišće , and its subsequent tributaries of
Konjska rijeka and
Rijeka
Rijeka (;
Fiume ( fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...
surround the settlement.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, the population of the municipality was 4,144 with 1,033 living in the town proper.
In 2011, there were 4,822 inhabitants, 1,196 in the village itself,
of which 97% are
Croats
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.
The municipality consists of the following settlements:
*
Domankuš, population 220
*
Gornje Rovišće, population 75
*
Kakinac, population 45
*
Kovačevac, population 125
*
Kraljevac, population 405
*
Lipovčani, population 49
*
Podgorci, population 367
*
Predavac, population 1144
*
Prekobrdo, population 93
*Rovišće, population 1033
*
Tuk, population 288
*
Žabjak, population 300
References
Municipalities of Croatia
Populated places in Bjelovar-Bilogora County
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