Gračac

Gračac
Gračac ; Грачац (Serbian)[1]
	Municipality
	Municipality of Gračac; Općina Gračac; Општина Грачац
	Gračac
	Coordinates: 44.299°N 15.847°E
Government
• Municipal mayor	Nataša Turbić (HDZ)
Area [2]
• Total	957.22 km2 (369.58 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,690
• Density	4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
Postal code	23 440
Area code(s)	+385(0)23
Vehicle registration	ZD
Website	www.gracac.hr

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

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]

Begluci, population 61
Brotnja, population 47
Bruvno, population 92
Cerovac, population 3
Dabašnica, population 3
Deringaj, population 77
Donja Suvaja, population 53
Drenovac Osredački, population 12
Duboki Dol, population 0
Dugopolje, population 20
Glogovo, population 11
Gornja Suvaja, population 36
Grab, population 78
Gračac, population 3,063
Gubavčevo Polje, population 3
Kaldrma, population 31
Kijani, population 56
Kom, population 34
Kunovac Kupirovački, population 37
Kupirovo, population 46
Mazin, population 47
Nadvrelo, population 1
Neteka, population 87
Omsica, population 12
Osredci, population 42
Otrić, population 15
Palanka, population 19
Pribudić, population 5
Prljevo, population 7
Rastičevo, population 4
Rudopolje Bruvanjsko, population 31
Srb, population 472
Tiškovac Lički, population 15
Tomingaj, population 26
Velika Popina, population 71
Vučipolje, population 1
Zaklopac, population 23
Zrmanja, population 21
Zrmanja Vrelo, population 28

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 Serbia-Croatia and Slovenia.

The area of Gračac was not part of the Austro-Hungarian crown land of Dalmatia, but it is often perceived as part of Dalmatia in the modern sense because of its inclusion in Zadar County.

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 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.

References

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.
"Općine na područjima posebne državne skrbi Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Croatian Chamber of Economy. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
"Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Gračac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
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.
http://www.skdprosvjeta.com/pdf/9.pdf Karl Kaser, POPIS LIKE I KRBAVE 1712. GODINE, (prijevod s njemačkog: Sanja Lazanin), 2003. #page=19

External links

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[Prijedlog_izvještaja-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.

[HGK-Područja_od_posebne_državne_skrbi-2] "Općine na područjima posebne državne skrbi Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Croatian Chamber of Economy. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

[census2011-3] "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] ttp://www.skdprosvjeta.com/pdf/9.pdf Karl Kaser, POPIS LIKE I KRBAVE 1712. GODINE, (prijevod s njemačkog: Sanja Lazanin), 2003. #page=19

Subdivisions of Zadar County
Cities and towns	Benkovac Biograd na Moru Nin Obrovac Pag Zadar (seat)	Coat of arms of Zadar County
Municipalities	Bibinje Galovac Gračac Jasenice Kali Kolan Kukljica Lišane Ostrovičke Novigrad Pakoštane Pašman Polača Poličnik Posedarje Povljana Preko Privlaka Ražanac Sali Stankovci Starigrad Sukošan Sveti Filip i Jakov Škabrnja Tkon Vir Vrsi Zemunik Donji	Coat of arms of Zadar County