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Depopulation and Population Ageing of Rural Areas in Bjelovar-Bilogora County (1961-2011)

Bjelovar-Bilogora County is located in the central part of the Croatian Pannonian-Peripannonian space. In spite of good location within Croatia and favourable physio-geograph­ical characteristics, this county was marked by very negative demographic characteristics in last fifty years. In relation to the county as a whole, the demographic situation in the rural parts is more unfavourable than in urban settlements. Between 1961 and 2011, the rural population of the county was reduced for 46.7%.

Bjelovar-Bilogora County; total depopulation; natural depopulation; emigration; population ageing

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