Nova Rača

Nova Rača
Municipality
Nova Rača
Coordinates: 45°48′N 16°57′E / 45.800°N 16.950°E / 45.800; 16.950
Country	Croatia
County	Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Area [1]
• Municipality	35.8 sq mi (92.8 km2)
• Urban	1.7 sq mi (4.4 km2)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	2,756
• Density	77/sq mi (30/km2)
• Urban	382
• Urban density	220/sq mi (87/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	nova-raca.hr

Nova Rača (historically Racha and Ratcha, old Hungarian name Racsa ), often shortened as just Rača, is a settlement and municipality in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia.

According to the 2021 census, the population of the municipality was 2,756 with 382 living in the town proper.^[2] There were 4,077 inhabitants in 2001,^[3] of whom 91% were Croats.

In the 2011 census, the municipality was divided into the following settlements:^[4]

• Bedenik, population 461
• Bulinac, population 358
• Dautan, population 295
• Drljanovac, population 242
• Kozarevac Račanski, population 109
• Međurača, population 330
• Nevinac, population 203
• Nova Rača, population 469
• Orlovac, population 199
• Sasovac, population 228
• Slovinska Kovačica, population 137
• Stara Rača, population 308
• Tociljevac, population 94

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.^[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Albanians of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Nova Rača but the elections were not organized due to the lack of candidates.^[6]

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