Jakšić is a town and a municipality in Slavonia, Croatia.
It is located in the middle of the Požega Valley.
Name Among others, the Jakšići were a Serbian noble family in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Jakšići is also the name of a village and municipality in Gorski Kotar, a hamlet of Blatuša, a hamlet of Cerova, a hamlet of , a hamlet of Glogovo, a hamlet of Gornja Trstenica, a hamlet of Panjak, a hamlet of Pecka, a hamlet of , a hamlet of , upper and lower hamlets of Jezero, and upper and lower hamlets of Sokolac. Aside from streets in the above settlements, it is also the name of a street in Karlovac.
Population The total population of the municipality was 4,058 in 2011, in the following settlements: Bertelovci, population 151 Cerovac, population 228 Eminovci, population 640 Granje, population 91 Jakšić, population 1,877 Radnovac, population 203 Rajsavac, population 313 Svetinja, population 67 Tekić, population 231 Treštanovci, population 257
In the same census, 93.5% were Croats.
Colonist settlements of Brijest and Treštanovci were established on the territory of the village municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.
Older sources refer to the village as "Jakšići" (plural of Jakšić).
Culture In popular culture In late November 2022 the village attracted regional media attention when local resident was reported to police by his neighbour and with the Croatian Police subsequently submitting an indictment proposal for "insulting the moral feelings of citizens" for rising of the flag of Yugoslavia on the private home on the anniversary of the former Yugoslav Republic Day. Some lawyers criticized the decision of the Police arguing that the Yugoslav flag as such is not a forbidden symbol while the legal provision for "insulting the moral feelings of citizens" was from a dated 1977 law prescribing 50-200 Deutsche Mark fine.
Politics Minority councils Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs. At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Jakšić with 9 candidates being elected in the end.
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