Sisak Moslavina County

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GENERAL

Sisak-moslavina County with the surface of 4.467,55 km2 is one of the largest counties in the Republic of Croatia. It takes up 7,89% of the Croatian territory. It borders with five other counties: Karlovac county, Zagreb county, Bjelovar-bilogora county, Pozega-slavonija county and Brod-posavina county and with the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

There are 456 settlements in the SMC area with the average of 406 inhabitants. These settlements are structured into 19 units of local selfgovernment. The county has 6 towns (Glina, Hrvatska Kostajnica, Kutina, Novska, Sisak and Petrinja) and 13 municipalities (Donji Kukuruzari, Dvor, Gvozd, Hrvatska Dubica, Jasenovac, Lekenik, Lipovljani, Majur, Martinska Ves, Popovaca, Sunja, Topusko and Velika Ludina).

POPULATION

The County has a population of 185,387 (4,18% of state population) which makes it number ten out of twenty Croatian Counties together with the City of Zagreb. The population density in SMC is 41.5 residents per km2 and it is less than the state average which is 78,5 residents per km2.
Women represent 51% of the population and men represent 48,08% of the population.
The average of working population in the county (aged 20-64) is 59,08% and it is similar to the state average (60,2%). Most of the working population is located in the central part of the county around bigger cities such as Sisak, Kutina and Petrinja where their quantity surpasses the county’s average. These towns have s population density higher than the county’s average(41,5%) which makes them the three leading towns in the county. With the majority of the population leaving, the county has a negative population migration impact. From the total number of the inhabitants 16% is aged from 0 to 14, than 32% is aged from 15 to 39 and 33% is aged from 40 to 64. The rest of the population is over 65 years of age.