Čađavica, Croatia
Čađavica | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 45°44′33″N 17°51′18″E / 45.74250°N 17.85500°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Virovitica-Podravina |
| Area | |
• Total | 91.1 km2 (35.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,555 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | opcina-cadjavica |
Čađavica is a village and municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County.
It is situated 14 kilometers northeast of Slatina. The navigable part of Drava river starts in the vicinity of Čađavica.
In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 2,009, in the following settlements:
- Čađavica, population 678
- Čađavički Lug, population 277
- Donje Bazije, population 148
- Ilmin Dvor, population 53
- Noskovačka Dubrava, population 59
- Noskovci, population 195
- Starin, population 80
- Šaševo, population 114
- Vraneševci, population 152
- Zvonimirovac, population 253
In the same census, 90% of the population were Croats.
Until 1920 Čađavica was part of the Virovitica County. The mother of the Hungarian Nobel-prize winner Georg von Békésy, Paula Mazaly was born here in 1877.
Colonist settlements of Dravica, Ilmin Dvor, and Noskovačka Dubrava were established on the territory of the municipality of the village during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.