Municipalities in Croatia (; plural: općine) are the second-lowest administrative unit of government in the country, and along with cities and towns (grad, plural: gradovi) they form the second level of administrative subdisivion, after counties. Each municipality consists of one or more settlements (naselja), which are the third-level spatial units of Croatia.
Though equal in powers and administrative bodies, municipalities and towns differ in that municipalities are usually more likely to consist of a collection of villages in rural or suburban areas, whereas towns are more likely to cover urbanised areas. Croatian law defines municipalities as local self-government units which are established, in an area where several inhabited settlements represent a natural, economic and social entity, related to one other by the common interests of the area's population.
As of 2023, the 21 counties of Croatia are subdivided into 128 towns and 428 municipalities, which in turn are subdivided into 6757 settlements.
Tasks and organization Municipalities, within their self-governing scope of activities, perform the tasks of local significance, which directly fulfil the citizens’ needs, and which were not assigned to the state bodies by the constitution or law, and in particular affairs related to the organization of localities and housing, zoning and planning, public utilities, child care, social welfare, primary health services, education and primary schools, culture, physical education and sports, customer protection, protection and improvement of the environment, fire protection and civil defence, and local transport.The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (consolidated text) - Croatian Parliament .Retrieved October 1, 2016.
Municipality government
Municipal council (općinsko vijeće) is the representative body of citizens and the body of local self-government. The councillors are elected for a four-year term on the basis of universal suffrage in direct elections by secret ballot using proportional system with the D'Hondt method. The executive head of the municipality is the municipality president (općinski načelnik), also elected in direct elections for a four-year term, by majority vote (two-round system) (the deputy president is elected together with the president). They (with the deputy president) can be recalled by a referendum. Municipalities have administrative departments as offices of municipal administration (in small municipalities there is unique administrative department) chaired by the heads (principals). They are appointed by the municipal president on the basis of a public competition.
Croatian municipalities are administratively subdivided into "local committee areas" (mjesni odbori) with elected councils.
List of municipalities
, there are 428 municipalities in Croatia.
Continental Croatia
Koprivnica-Križevci County
Drnje Đelekovec Ferdinandovac Gola Gornja Rijeka Hlebine Kalinovac Kalnik Kloštar Podravski Koprivnički Bregi Koprivnički Ivanec Legrad Molve Novigrad Podravski Novo Virje Peteranec Podravske Sesvete Rasinja Sokolovac Sveti Ivan Žabno Sveti Petar Orehovec Virje
Krapina-Zagorje County
Bedekovčina Budinščina Desinić Đurmanec Gornja Stubica Hrašćina Hum na Sutli Jesenje Konjščina Kraljevec na Sutli Krapinske Toplice Kumrovec Lobor Mače Marija Bistrica Mihovljan Novi Golubovec Petrovsko Radoboj Stubičke Toplice Sveti Križ Začretje Tuhelj Veliko Trgovišće Zagorska Sela Zlatar-Bistrica
Međimurje County
Belica Dekanovec Domašinec Donja Dubrava Donji Kraljevec Donji Vidovec Goričan Gornji Mihaljevec Kotoriba Mala Subotica Nedelišće Orehovica Podturen Pribislavec Selnica Strahoninec Sveta Marija Sveti Juraj na Bregu Sveti Martin na Muri Šenkovec Štrigova Vratišinec
Varaždin County
Bednja Beretinec Breznica Breznički Hum Cestica Donja Voća Gornji Kneginec Jalžabet Klenovnik Ljubešćica Mali Bukovec Martijanec Maruševec Petrijanec Sračinec Sveti Đurđ Sveti Ilija Trnovec Bartolovečki Veliki Bukovec Vidovec Vinica Visoko
Zagreb County
Bedenica Bistra Brckovljani Brdovec Dubrava Dubravica Farkaševac Gradec Jakovlje Klinča Sela Kloštar Ivanić Krašić Kravarsko Križ Luka Marija Gorica Orle Pisarovina Pokupsko Preseka Pušća Rakovec Rugvica Stupnik Žumberak
Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Berek Dežanovac Đulovac Hercegovac Ivanska Kapela Končanica Nova Rača Rovišće Severin Sirač Šandrovac Štefanje Velika Pisanica Velika Trnovitica Veliki Grđevac Veliko Trojstvo Zrinski Topolovac
Brod-Posavina County
Bebrina Brodski Stupnik Bukovlje Cernik Davor Donji Andrijevci Dragalić Garčin Gornja Vrba Gornji Bogićevci Gundinci Klakar Nova Kapela Okučani Oprisavci Oriovac Podcrkavlje Rešetari Sibinj Sikirevci Slavonski Šamac Stara Gradiška Staro Petrovo Selo Velika Kopanica Vrbje Vrpolje
Karlovac County
Barilović Bosiljevo Cetingrad Draganić Generalski Stol Josipdol Kamanje Krnjak Lasinja Netretić Plaški Rakovica Ribnik Saborsko Tounj Vojnić Žakanje
Osijek-Baranja County
Antunovac Bilje Bizovac Čeminac Čepin Darda Donja Motičina Draž Drenje Đurđenovac Erdut Ernestinovo Feričanci Gorjani Jagodnjak Kneževi Vinogradi Koška Levanjska Varoš Magadenovac Marijanci Petlovac Petrijevci Podravska Moslavina Podgorač Popovac Punitovci Satnica Đakovačka Semeljci Strizivojna Šodolovci Trnava Viljevo Viškovci Vladislavci Vuka
Požega-Slavonia County
Brestovac Čaglin Jakšić Kaptol Velika
Sisak-Moslavina County
Donji Kukuruzari Dvor Gvozd Hrvatska Dubica Jasenovac Lekenik Lipovljani Majur Martinska Ves Sunja Topusko Velika Ludina
Virovitica-Podravina County
Crnac Čačinci Čađavica Gradina Lukač Mikleuš Nova Bukovica Pitomača Sopje Suhopolje Špišić Bukovica Voćin Zdenci
Vukovar-Srijem County
Andrijaševci Babina Greda Bogdanovci Borovo Bošnjaci Cerna Drenovci Gradište Gunja Ivankovo Jarmina Lovas Markušica Negoslavci Nijemci Nuštar Privlaka Stari Jankovci Stari Mikanovci Štitar Tompojevci Tordinci Tovarnik Trpinja Vođinci Vrbanja
Adriatic Croatia Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Blato Dubrovačko Primorje Janjina Konavle Kula Norinska Lastovo Lumbarda Mljet Orebić Pojezerje Slivno Smokvica Ston Trpanj Vela Luka Zažablje Župa Dubrovačka
Istria County
Bale Barban Brtonigla Cerovlje Fažana Funtana Gračišće Grožnjan Kanfanar Karojba Kaštelir-Labinci Kršan Lanišće Ližnjan Lupoglav Marčana Medulin Motovun Oprtalj Pićan Raša Sveta Nedelja Sveti Lovreč Sveti Petar u Šumi Svetvinčenat Tar-Vabriga Tinjan Višnjan Vižinada Vrsar Žminj
Lika-Senj County
Brinje Donji Lapac Karlobag Lovinac Perušić Plitvička Jezera Udbina Vrhovine
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Baška Brod Moravice Čavle Dobrinj Fužine Jelenje Klana Kostrena Lokve Lopar Lovran Malinska-Dubašnica Matulji Mošćenička Draga Mrkopalj Omišalj Punat Ravna Gora Skrad Vinodol Viškovo Vrbnik
Šibenik-Knin County
Bilice Biskupija Civljane Ervenik Kijevo Kistanje Murter-Kornati Pirovac Primošten Promina Rogoznica Ružić Tisno Unešić Tribunj
Split-Dalmatia County
Baška Voda Bol Brela Cista Provo Dicmo Dugi Rat Dugopolje Gradac Hrvace Jelsa Klis Lećevica Lokvičići Lovreć Marina Milna Muć Nerežišća Okrug Otok Dalmatinski Podbablje Podgora Podstrana Postira Prgomet Primorski Dolac Proložac Pučišća Runovići Seget Selca Sućuraj Sutivan Šestanovac Šolta Tučepi Zadvarje Zagvozd Zmijavci
Zadar County
Bibinje Galovac Gračac Jasenice Kali Kolan Kukljica Lišane Ostrovičke Novigrad Pakoštane Pašman Polača Poličnik Posedarje Povljana Preko Privlaka Ražanac Sali Stankovci Starigrad Sukošan Sveti Filip i Jakov Škabrnja Tkon Vir Vrsi Zemunik Donji
See also Administrative divisions of Croatia List of cities and towns in Croatia Association of Municipalities of the Republic of Croatia Joint Council of Municipalities Cadastral community
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