Pakrac

Pakrac
City
Pakrac
Coordinates:
Country	Croatia
County	Požega-Slavonia
Government
• Mayor	Davor Huška (HDZ)
Population (2011)
• City	8,460
• Urban	4,842
Time zone	Central European Time (UTC+1)

Pakrac and Pakra

Pakrac is a town in western Slavonia, Croatia, population 4,842, total municipality population 8,460 (census 2011). Pakrac is located on the road and railroad connecting the regions of Posavina and Podravina.

Name

In Croatian the town is known as Pakrac, in German as Pakratz, in Hungarian as Pakrác.

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Pakrac was part of the Požega County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Demographics

In the census of 1991, the municipality of Pakrac (today cities Pakrac and Lipik) encompassed a different, larger area and its population was as follows:

total	Serbs	Croats	Yugoslavs	others
27,589	12,813 (46.44%)	9,896 (35.86%)	1,346 (4.87%)	3,534 (12.80%)

In the census of 2011, the municipality of Pakrac comprised:

total	Croats	Serbs	others
8,460	6,168 (72.91%)	1,340 (15.84%)	952 (11.25%)

Settlements

The municipality consists of 42 settlements:

• Badljevina, population 733
• Batinjani, population 38
• Bjelajci, population 0
• Branešci, population 48
• Brusnik, population 19
• Bučje, population 17
• Cicvare, population 0
• Cikote, population 7
• Dereza, population 13
• Donja Obrijež, population 235
• Donja Šumetlica, population 6
• Donji Grahovljani, population 33
• Dragović, population 64
• Glavica, population 12
• Gornja Obrijež, population 81
• Gornja Šumetlica, population 65
• Gornji Grahovljani, population 8
• Jakovci, population 0
• Kapetanovo Polje, population 35
• Koturić, population 11
• Kraguj, population 77
• Kričke, population 19
• Kusonje, population 308
• Lipovac, population 0
• Mali Banovac, population 13
• Mali Budići, population 2
• Novi Majur, population 104
• Omanovac, population 147
• Ožegovci, population 34
• Pakrac, population 4,842
• Ploštine, population 108
• Popovci, population 10
• Prekopakra, population 1,066
• Prgomelje, population 1
• Rogulje, population 3
• Srednji Grahovljani, population 0
• Stari Majur, population 24
• Španovica, population 23
• Tisovac, population 4
• Toranj, population 75
• Veliki Banovac, population 171
• Veliki Budići, population 4

Notable people from Pakrac

• Zlatko Aleksovski, Bosnian-Croat prison commander and convicted war criminal
• Smilja Avramov, Serbian international law expert
• Zoran Erceg, Serbian basketball player
• Jadranka Kosor, former Prime Minister of Croatia
• Žarko Potočnjak, Croatian theatre, television and film actor.
• Sven Lasta, Croatian television and film actor.

External links

• Official website (Croatian)