Donji Miholjac

• Name — Donji Miholjac • Official Name — Grad Donji Miholjac Town of Donji Miholjac • Type — Town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Croatia • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Slavonia • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Osijek-Baranja • Leader Party — HDZ • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Dražen Trcović • Area Total Km2 — 134.6 • Area Urban Km2 — 59.7 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Total — 8031 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Urban — 5330 • Population Density Urban Km2 — auto • Time Zone — Central European Time • Utc Offset — +1 • Website — donjimiholjac.hr

Since records began in 1954, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was 40.4 C, on 20 July 2007. The coldest temperature was -26.0 C, on 23 January 1963.

In the 2011 census, there were 9,491 inhabitants in the area, 95% of them Croats.

There are seven settlements in the municipality: • Donji Miholjac, population 6,240 • Golinci, population 431 • Miholjački Poreč, population 183 • Podgajci Podravski, population 651 • Radikovci, population 292 • Rakitovica, population 868 • Sveti Đurađ, population 826

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting the local or regional authorities, 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 15 members minority councils of the Town of Donji Miholjac but the elections were not held due to the lack of candidates.

• Illustration — World War II memorial In the late 19th and early 20th century, Donji Miholjac was a district capital in the Virovitica County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Its name comes from Saint Michael. During the time of Ancient Rome, it was called Mariniana. There are several suggested etymology for the name "Mariniana". One is that it comes from the Roman personal name "Marinus". The other is that it comes from the Indo-European roots *mory and *h1ny, so that it means "marshy valley". If so, the same root is seen in the names "Mursa" and "Marsonia". Colonist settlements of Bockovac and Gložđe were established on the territory of the town municipality during the land reform in interwar Yugoslavia.