Daruvar

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Daruvar
Town
Town of Daruvar Grad Daruvar Město Daruvar [1]
Main street in Daruvar
Coat of arms
Daruvar Location of Daruvar in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°35′34″N 17°13′25″E / 45.592895°N 17.223685°E / 45.592895; 17.223685
Country	Croatia
County	Bjelovar-Bilogora
Government
• Mayor	Damir Lneniček (HDZ)
Area [2]
• Town	64.7 km2 (25.0 sq mi)
• Urban	8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Town	10,105
• Density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
• Urban	7,440
• Urban density	880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	daruvar.hr

Daruvar (Czech: Daruvar, German: Daruwar, Hungarian: Daruvár, Serbian: Дарувар, Latin: Aquae Balissae) is a spa town and municipality in Slavonia, northeastern Croatia, with a population of 8,567. The area including the surrounding villages (Dar. Vinogradi, Doljani, Donji Daruvar, Gornji Daruvar, Lipovac Majur, Ljudevit Selo, Markovac, and Vrbovac) has a population of 11,633 as of 2011.^[4]

It is located in the foothills of Papuk mountain and along the Toplica River. The main political and cultural centre of the Czech national minority in Croatia, Daruvar has a winemaking tradition reportedly dating back more than 2,000 years.