Gola is a municipality in the Koprivnica-Križevci county

Koprivnica-Križevci County

Koprivnica-Križevci County is a county in northern Croatia. Its hyphenated name comes from two entities: the two of its largest cities, Koprivnica and Križevci....

 in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. According to the 2001 census, there are 2,760 inhabitants in the area, with Croats

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 forming an absolute majority.

Demographics

The population of the municipality broken down into villages according to the 2001 census is:

• Gola - 995
• Gotalovo
  Gotalovo
  Gotalovo is a village in Gola, Koprivnica-Križevci County in northeastern Croatia. Its population in 2001 was 404....
  
   - 404
• Novačka
  Novačka
  Novačka is a village in Gola, Koprivnica-Križevci County in northeastern Croatia. Its population in 2001 was 396....
  
   - 396
• Otočka
  Otočka
  Otočka is a village in Gola, Koprivnica-Križevci County in northeastern Croatia. Its population in 2001 was 247....
  
   - 247
• Ždala
  Ždala
  Ždala is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D210 highway to Gola. Its population in 2001 was 718.Located on the Hungarian border almost all residents speak a dialect of the Hungarian language, although they declare themselves Croats....
  
   - 718

Culture

Gola has a monument to fallen members of the Croatian Home Guard

Croatian Home Guard

Croatian Home Guard or also, known as the "Homeland Defenders," was the name used for the armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia which existed during World War II.- Formation :...

 and Croatian soldiers from the Croatian War of Independence

Croatian War of Independence

The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...

.