A Municipality in Croatia is known as an općina (plural: općine). Though equal to Croatian cities (grad, plural: gradovi) in administrative powers, they are usually more likely to consist of a collection of villages in more rural or suburban area, whereas cities are more likely to cover urban area. According to the law, a municipality is a local self-government unit which is established, as a rule, for the area of several inhabited settlements representing a natural, economic and social whole, connected by the common interests of the population.
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, local transport.
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 d'Hondt method. The executive head of the municipality is the municipality president (or head of the municipality, općinski načelnik), also elected in direct elections for a four-year term, by majoritarian vote (two-round system) (the deputy president is elected together with the president). He/She (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 municipalites are administratively subdivided into "local committee areas" (mjesni odbori) with elected councils.
As of 2015, there are 428 municipalities in Croatia.
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
Bedekovčina
Budinšćina
Desinić
Đurmanec
Gornja Stubica
Hrašćina
Hum na Sutli
Jesenje
Kraljevec na Sutli
Krapinske Toplice
Konjščina
Kumrovec
Marija Bistrica
Lobor
Mače
Mihovljan
Novi Golubovec
Petrovsko
Radoboj
Sveti Križ Začretje
Stubičke Toplice
Tuhelj
Veliko Trgovišće
Zagorska Sela
Zlatar Bistrica
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
Miklavec?
Bednja
Beretinec
Breznica
Breznički Hum
Cestica
Donja Voća
Donji Martijanec
Gornji Kneginec
Jalžabet
Klenovnik
Ljubešćica
Mali Bukovec
Maruševec
Petrijanec
Sračinec
Sveti Đurđ
Sveti Ilija
Trnovec Bartolovečki
Veliki Bukovec
Vidovec
Vinica
Visoko
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
Berek
Dežanovac
Đulovac
Hercegovac
Ivanska
Kapela
Končanica
Nova Rača
Rovišće
Severin
Sirač
Šandrovac
Štefanje
Velika Pisanica
Velika Trnovitica
Veliki Grđevac
Veliko Trojstvo
Zrinski Topolovac
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
Barilović
Bosiljevo
Cetingrad
Draganić
Generalski Stol
Josipdol
Krnjak
Lasinja
Netretić
Plaški
Rakovica
Ribnik
Saborsko
Tounj
Vojnić
Žakanje
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
Moslavina?
Brestovac
Čaglin
Jakšić
Kaptol
Velika
Donji Kukuruzari
Dvor
Gvozd
Hrvatska Dubica
Jasenovac
Lekenik
Lipovljani
Majur
Martinska Ves
Sunja
Topusko
Velika Ludina
Crnac
Čačinci
Čađavica
Gradina
Lukač
Mikleuš
Nova Bukovica
Pitomača
Sopje
Suhopolje
Špišić Bukovica
Voćin
Zdenci
Andrijaševci
Babina Greda
Bogdanovci
Borovo
Bošnjaci
Cerna
Drenovci
Gradište
Gunja
Ivankovo
Jarmina
Lovas
Markušica
Negoslavci
Nijemci
Nuštar
Privlaka
Stari Jankovci
Stari Mikanovci
Tompojevci
Tordinci
Tovarnik
Trpinja
Vođinci
Vrbanja
Štitar
Blato
Dubrovačko Primorje
Janjina
Konavle
Kula Norinska
Lastovo
Lumbarda
Mljet
Orebić
Pojezerje
Slivno
Smokvica
Ston
Trpanj
Vela Luka
Zažablje
Župa Dubrovačka
Rogotin
Bale
Barban
Brtonigla
Cerovlje
Fažana
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
Funtana
Hum
Brinje
Donji Lapac
Karlobag
Lovinac
Perušić
Plitvička Jezera
Stara Novalja
Udbina
Vrhovine
Baška
Brod Moravice
Čavle
Dobrinj
Fužine
Jelenje
Klana
Kostrena
Lokve
Lovran
Malinska-Dubašnica
Matulji
Mošćenička Draga
Mrkopalj
Omišalj
Punat
Ravna Gora
Skrad
Vinodol
Viškovo
Vrbnik
Lopar
Biskupija
Civljane
Ervenik
Kijevo
Kistanje
Murter
Pirovac
Primošten
Promina
Rogoznica
Ružić
Tisno
Unešić
Bilice
Tribunj
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
Vinišće
Bibinje
Galovac
Gračac
Jasenice
Kali
Kukljica
Lišane Ostrovičke
Novigrad
Pakoštane
Pašman
Polača
Poličnik
Posedarje
Povljane
Preko
Privlaka
Ražanac
Sali
Stankovci
Starigrad
Sukošan
Sveti Filip i Jakov
Škabrnja
Tkon
Vir
Zemunik Donji
Kolan
Vrsi
Petrčane
