Gračac

Gračac (pronounced [grǎtʃats] (listen) is a town and municipality in the southern part of Lika, Croatia. The municipality is administratively part of Zadar County.

Gračac

Грачац (Serbian)[1]
Town
Gračac municipality within Zadar County
Government
 • Municipal MayorNataša Turbić (HDZ)
Area
 • Total957.22 km2 (369.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total4,690
 • Density4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
Postal code
23 440
Area code(s)+385(0)23
Websitewww.gracac.hr
Gračac (Croatia)

Gračac is located south of Udbina, northeast of Obrovac, northwest of Knin and southeast of Gospić.

Settlements

The total municipality population is 4,690 (census 2011), in the following settlements:[3]

History

Gračac was ruled by Ottoman Empire between 1527 and 1687 (nominally to 1699) as part of the Sanjak of Lika in the Bosnia Eyalet before Austrian conquest. The 1712–14 census of Lika and Krbava registered 1,711 inhabitants, out of whom 1,655 were Vlachs, 53 were Catholic Bunjevci and 3 were Catholic Croats.[4][5] In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Gračac was part of the Lika-Krbava County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Demographics
Population by ethnicity
Year of censustotalCroatsSerbsOthers
196117,5863,736 (21.24%)13,670 (77.73%)180 (1.02%)
197114,8193,107 (20.97%)11,318 (76.37%)394 (2.66%)
198111,8632,150 (18.12%)8,578 (72.31%)1135 (9.57%)
199110,4341,697 (16.26%)8,371 (80.22%)366 (3.51%)
20013,9232,260 (57.61%)1,523 (38.82%)140 (3.57%)
20114,6902,528 (53.90%)2,118 (45.16%)44 (0.94%)

Note: in some censa, parts of the population listed themselves as Yugoslavs instead of Serb or Croat.

Attractions

The name Gračac is derived from "gradina" which means an old abandoned castle. Near the town there are Lake Štikada and the karst field of Gračac. The Cerovac caves nearby are open for tourists. The town is on the way into the Lika region of Zadar county, and the surroundings offer good hunting game.

See also

References
  1. Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. "Općine na područjima posebne državne skrbi Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Croatian Chamber of Economy. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Gračac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. Šarić, Marko (2009). "Predmoderne etnije u Lici i Krbavi prema popisu iz 1712./14.". In Željko Holjevac (ed.). Identitet Like: Korijeni i razvitak (PDF) (in Croatian). 1. Zagreb: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar. p. 375. ISBN 978-953-6666-65-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  5. http://www.skdprosvjeta.com/pdf/9.pdf Karl Kaser, POPIS LIKE I KRBAVE 1712. GODINE, (prijevod s njemačkog: Sanja Lazanin), 2003. #page=19

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