Croatia Unitary state

Croatia is a unitary state in south-eastern Europe. It has a population of 4,154,200. The country is divided into two levels of local governmentmunicipalities, towns and cities (gradovi), and counties (županije).

Markers

STATE STRUCTURE:

Unitary

CURRENCY:

Croatian Kuna (HRK)

VOTE

Non-compulsory

11

SEATS AT THE
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Ratification of the European Charter
of Local Self-Government in 1997

576

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (IN 2016)
CAPITAL CITY:

Zagreb
POPULATION:

4 154 200
GEOGRAPHICAL SIZE:

56 594 km2
MEMBER STATE

EU since 2013
Council of Europe since 1996

9

SEATS AT THE COMMITTEE
OF REGIONS

2

LEVELS OF SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS

Evolution

NUMBER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES*

* Dates of CEMR publications