Sopje
Sopje | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 45°48′03.96″N 17°44′33.00″E / 45.8011000°N 17.7425000°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Virovitica-Podravina |
| Area | |
• Total | 117.2 km2 (45.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 1,897 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | sopje |
Sopje is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Virovitica–Podravina County.
In the 2011 census, Sopje had a total population of 2,230, in the following settlements:
- Gornje Predrijevo, population 86
- Grabić, population 122
- Josipovo, population 281
- Kapinci, population 186
- Nova Šarovka, population 250
- Novaki, population 349
- Sopjanska Greda, population 35
- Sopje, population 524
- Španat, population 172
- Vaška, population 315
- Višnjica, no population
At the time of Ancient Rome, there was a salt lake called Salapia somewhere in Interamnia (modern-day Slavonia). It's been suggested that the name Sopje derives from its name.
Colonist settlements of Bobovac and Sopjanska Greda were established on the territory of the village municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.