Hercegovac is a village and a municipality 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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. In 2001 there were 2,791 inhabitants, of which 87% were

Croats The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, ...

. The population is distributed in 5 settlements: * Hercegovac - population 1,267 * Ilovski Klokočevac - 172 *

Ladislav Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava. Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada. Spellings and variations In Bulgarian ...

- 468 * Palešnik - 547 * Velika Trnava - 337

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Hercegovac was part of 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.

References

Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Bjelovar-Bilogora County {{BjelovarBilogora-geo-stub