Gračac
| Gračac | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Goran Đekić |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 4,690 |
| Area code(s) | 023 +385 |
Gračac is a town and a municipality in the southern part of Lika, Croatia. It is located south of Udbina, northeast of Obrovac, northwest of Knin and southeast of Gospić. The municipality is administratively part of the Zadar county.
Settlements
The total municipality population is 5,033 (census 2011), in the following settlements:[1]
- Begluci, population 71
- Brotnja, population 45
- Bruvno, population 89
- Cerovac, population 3
- Dabašnica, population 3
- Deringaj, population 64
- Donja Suvaja, population 52
- Drenovac Osredački, population 12
- Duboki Dol, population 0
- Dugopolje, population 13
- Glogovo, population 11
- Gornja Suvaja, population 33
- Grab, population 72
- Gračac, population 3,409
- Gubavčevo Polje, population 2
- Kaldrma, population 30
- Kijani, population 48
- Kom, population 35
- Kunovac Kupirovački, population 40
- Kupirovo, population 40
- Mazin, population 49
- Nadvrelo, population 1
- Neteka, population 86
- Omsica, population 16
- Osredci, population 43
- Otrić, population 16
- Palanka, population 19
- Pribudić, population 4
- Prljevo, population 11
- Rastičevo, population 4
- Rudopolje Bruvanjsko, population 30
- Srb, population 450
- Tiškovac Lički, population 14
- Tomingaj, population 19
- Velika Popina, population 60
- Vučipolje, population 1
- Zaklopac, population 25
- Zrmanja, population 27
- Zrmanja Vrelo, population 32
Demographics
| Population by ethnicity | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year of census | total | Croats | Serbs | Others |
| 1961 | 17,586 | 3,736 (21.24%) | 13,670 (77.73%) | 180 (1.02%) |
| 1971 | 14,819 | 3,107 (20.97%) | 11,318 (76.37%) | 394 (2.66%) |
| 1981 | 11,863 | 2,150 (18.12%) | 8,578 (72.31%) | 1135 (9.57%) |
| 1991 | 10,434 | 1,697 (16.26%) | 8,371 (80.22%) | 366 (3.51%) |
| 2001 | 3,923 | 2,260 (57.61%) | 1,523 (38.82%) | 140 (3.57%) |
| 2011 | 4,690 | 2,528 (53.90%) | 2,118 (45.16%) | 44 (0.94%) |
Note: In some censuses Serbs and Croats listed themselves as Yugoslavs.
Attractions
The name Gračac is derived from "gradina" which means an old abandoned castle. Near the town there are Lake Gračac and the karst field of Gračac. The Cerovac caves nearby are open for turists. The town is on the way into the Lika region of Zadar county, and the surroundings offer good hunting game.
References
- ↑ "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 2011-11-03.
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Coordinates: 44°17′50″N 15°51′00″E / 44.29722°N 15.85000°E