Nova Rača

• Name — Nova Rača • Type — Municipality • Pushpin Map — Croatia • Pushpin Label Position — bottom • Mapframe — yes • Mapframe Zoom — 10 • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — County • Subdivision Name1 — Bjelovar-Bilogora County • Subdivision Type2 — Municipality • Leader Party — HSS • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Darko Knežić • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Total Km2 — 92.8 • Area Urban Km2 — 4.4 • Population As Of — 2021 • Population Total — 2756 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Urban — 382 • Population Density Urban Km2 — auto • Time Zone — CET • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset — +1 • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Website — nova-raca.hr Nova Rača (historically Racha and Ratcha, old Hungarian name Racsa), often shortened as just Rača, is a settlement and municipality in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia.

According to the 2021 census, the population of the municipality was 2,756 with 382 living in the town proper. There were 4,077 inhabitants in 2001, of whom 91% were Croats. In 2021, the municipality consisted of the following settlements: • Bedenik, population 359 • Bulinac, population 314 • Dautan, population 245 • Drljanovac, population 193 • Kozarevac Račanski, population 103 • Međurača, population 275 • Nevinac, population 172 • Nova Rača, population 382 • Orlovac, population 110 • Sasovac, population 172 • Slovinska Kovačica, population 102 • Stara Rača, population 248 • Tociljevac, population 81

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 Albanians of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Nova Rača but the elections were not organized due to the lack of candidates.