Grubišno Polje (

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: ''Hrubečné Pole'') is a town in

Bjelovar-Bilogora County Bjelovar-Bilogora County (; hr, Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija ) is a county in central Croatia. The central town of Bjelovar was first mentioned in 1413, and it only gained importance when a new fort was built in 1756 to defend against the ...

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Demographics

In the 1991 census, the settlement had equal numbers of Serbs and Croatians, but during the Croatian War of Independence the

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were ethnically cleansed, and only part of them returned later in the 1990s. In the 2001 census, the municipality had 7,523 inhabitants, with the following ethnic makeup:Census 2001 - Bjelovar-Bilogora County

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* 4,692 (62.37%)

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* 1,356 (18.02%)

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* 872 (11.56%)

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* 228 (3.03%)

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History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Grubišno Polje was a district capital in the

Bjelovar-Križevci County The Bjelovar-Križevci County ( hr, Bjelovarsko-križevačka županija; hu, Belovár-Kőrös vármegye) was a historic administrative subdivision of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands ...

of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Sights

The town has a memorial to its deceased from the Croatian War of Independence.

Settlements

The administrativne area of the Town consists of 24 settlements (as of 2011), namely: * Dapčevački Brđani, population 50 * Dijakovac, population 32 * Donja Rašenica, population 164 * Gornja Rašenica, population 89 * Grbavac, population 211 * Grubišno Polje, population 2,917 * Ivanovo Selo, population 264 * Lončarica, population 79 * Mala Barna, population 30 * Mala Dapčevica, population 3 * Mala Jasenovača, population 5 * Mala Peratovica, population 65 * Mali Zdenci, population 436 * Munije, population 35 * Orlovac Zdenački, population 285 * Poljani, population 261 * Rastovac, population 40 * Treglava, population 103 * Turčević Polje, population 44 * Velika Barna, population 335 * Velika Dapčevica, population 32 * Velika Jasenovača, population 58 * Velika Peratovica, population 26 * Veliki Zdenci, population 914

References

External links

* Cities and towns in Croatia Populated places in Bjelovar-Bilogora County Bjelovar-Križevci County {{BjelovarBilogora-geo-stub