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Country
  
Croatia

Area
  
69 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 12:30 PM

County
  
Osijek-Baranja

Population
  
10,825 (2011)


Time zone
  
Central European Time (UTC+1)

Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 45% Humidity

Belišće ([bɛ̌liːʃtɕɛ]) is a town in Croatia, located in the region of Slavonia, Osijek-Baranja County, at the altitude of 93 m. The population of the city is 6,518 (2011), with 10,825 in the municipality. In 2001 census, the majority were Croats. This industrial town upon the Drava river lies near the border with Hungary north from here.

Map of Beli%C5%A1%C4%87e, Croatia

Chief occupations are forestry, timber and wood processing, (sawmill, chemical and mechanical wood processing), corrugated fiberboard, metal industry, chemicals and synthetic material processing.

The influential Gutmann family made a significant impact on the Belišće region in the 19th and 20th century. Once vast Slavonian oak forests were mostly replaced with farmland, and a section of the working-class quarters of Salamon H. Gutmann from 1884 became part of the present-day Belišće.

Major recreational activities include angling, rowing kayak and canoe on the Drava, river and its backwaters and hunting in the broader surroundings.

The settlements in the administrative area are:

  • Belišće, population 6,518
  • Bistrinci, population 1,598
  • Bocanjevci, population 457
  • Gat, population 705
  • Gorica Valpovačka, population 165
  • Kitišanci, population 150
  • Tiborjanci, population 291
  • Veliškovci, population 685
  • Vinogradci, population 256
  • References

    Belišće Wikipedia