Fužine, Croatia

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Location of Fužine in Croatia

Fužine is a village and a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia.

Demographics

The total population of Fužine is 1,595, in the following settlements:[1]

  • Belo Selo, population 52
  • Benkovac Fužinski, population 33
  • Fužine, population 689
  • Lič, population 502
  • Slavica, population 33
  • Vrata, population 285

History

Fužine is a town that was built in the 17th century when the House of Zrinski opened an iron mine in this area of Gorski Kotar. Fužine got its name from blacksmiths, because there were many blacksmiths in Fužine fixing carriages. Significant events include the 1737 construction of the Karolina road connecting Bakar with Karlovac, and the coming of the Zagreb-Rijeka railroad in 1873.

Geography

Lake Bajer is spanned by the Bajer Bridge that carries the A6 motorway traffic.

There are three large lakes (Bajer and Lepenica) and one small lake (Potkoš) in Fužine.

All the lakes are used for generating electricity. There is also a cave in Fužine that is called Vrelo.

The town area is surrounded by the mountains of Tuhobić, Viševica, and Bitoraj.

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011, First Results by Settlements" (HTML). Statistical Reports (in Croatian and English) (Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics) (1441). June 2011. ISSN 1332-0297. Retrieved 2011-09-15. 
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Coordinates: 45°18′0″N 14°43′12″E / 45.30000°N 14.72000°E / 45.30000; 14.72000

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