Brod-Posavina County () is the southern Slavonian county in Croatia. Its center is the city of Slavonski Brod and it spreads along the left bank of the Sava river, hence the name Posavina. Other notable towns include Nova Gradiška.
Geography
The Brod-Posavina County borders on the Sisak-Moslavina County in the west, Požega-Slavonia County in the north, Osijek-Baranja County in the northeast, and Vukovar-Syrmia County in the east.
Administrative divisions
Brod-Posavina County is further divided into 2 towns (grad, pl. gradovi) and 26 municipalities (općina, pl. općine).
+Towns TownPopulation(2021 census) Slavonski Brod49,891 Nova Gradiška11,690
+Municipalities Municipality Population(2021 census) Bebrina 2,817 Brodski Stupnik 2,357 Bukovlje2,727 Cernik2,964 Davor2,529 Donji Andrijevci3,059 Dragalić1,058Garčin3,951Gornja Vrba2,168Gornji Bogićevci1,428Gundinci1,610Klakar2,020Nova Kapela3,393Okučani2,323Oprisavci1,968Oriovac4,770Podcrkavlje2,207Rešetari3,852Sibinj5,730Sikirevci2,028Slavonski Šamac1,576Stara Gradiška911Staro Petrovo Selo4,110Velika Kopanica2,621Vrbje1,691Vrpolje2,818
Demographics
As of the 2021 census, the county had 130,267 residents. The population density was 64 people per km2.
As of the 2011 census, the county had 158,575 residents. The population density was 78 people per km2.
Ethnic Croats form the overwhelming majority of the county. The 2011 census recorded Croats at 95.0% of the population, followed by Serbs at 2.6%.
Politics County Assembly
Following the 2025 Croatian local elections the Assembly of the Brod-Posavina County was composed of 37 elected representatives. Out of a total of 125,464 eligible voters 52,433 (41.79%) participated in the elections and 52,413 (41.78%) submitted their ballots. There were 49,984 (95.37%) valid and 2,429 (4.63%) invalid ballots.
The Croatian Democratic Union got 21,368 (42.74%) ballots and 17 elected representatives. The Independent Politician Mirko Duspara got 11,570 (23.14%) ballots and 9 elected representatives. The Croatian Peasant Party in coalition with Croatian Party of Rights, Croatian Social Liberal Party, The Bridge, Bolje sutra Independent List, Croatian Sovereignists, Party of Pensioners and Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats got 6,402 (12.80%) ballots and 5 elected representatives. The Social Democratic Party of Croatia got 5,909 ballots (11.82%) and 4 elected representatives. Homeland Movement got 3,751 ballots (7.50%) and 2 elected representatives. Law and Justice got 984 ballots (1.96%) which was under the threshold to enter into the assembly.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center !colspan=2|Party !Votes !% !Seats |- | bgcolor=#002FA7| |align=left valign=top|Croatian Democratic Union||21,368||42.74||17 |- | width=5px bgcolor=#A9A9A9| |align=left valign=top|Independent Politician Mirko Duspara List||11,570||23.14||9 |- | width=5px bgcolor=#DADD98| |align=left valign=top|Croatian Peasant PartyCroatian Party of RightsCroatian Social Liberal PartyThe BridgeBolje sutra Independent ListCroatian SovereignistsParty of PensionersCroatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats||6,402 ||12.80||5 |- | width=5px bgcolor=#E60026| |align=left valign=top|Social Democratic Party of Croatia||5,909 ||11.82||4 |- | width=5px bgcolor=#007791| |align=left valign=top|Homeland Movement||3,751 ||7.50||2 |- | bgcolor=#1F305E| |align=left valign=top|Law and Justice||984||1.96||0 |- |align=left colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes||2,429|| 4.63||— |- |align=left colspan=2|Total||52,413||100||— |- |align=left colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||125,464||41.78||— |- |align=left colspan=8|
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Minority councils and representatives Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked by local or regional authorities with advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. During the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections, Roma and Serbs of Croatia elected 25 minority members of councils for Brod-Posavina County while Albanians, Bosniaks and Ukrainians of Croatia elected individual representatives. Certain municipalities, towns or cities in the county elected their own local minority councils and representatives as well.
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