Kestenovac, Lika-Senj County

Kestenovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Кестеновац)[1] is a village in Croatia. It has a population of 39 (2011 census).[2] It has an area of 3.3 km2 and around 70 buildings.

Kestenovac

Кестеновац (Serbian)[1]
Village
Kestenovac
Coordinates: 44°37′59″N 16°01′08″E
Country Croatia
CountyLika-Senj County
MunicipalityDonji Lapac
Elevation
546 m (1,791 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total39
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
53251 Nebljusi
Area code(s)+385 (53)

In the village there was an elementary school which was destroyed in the 1991-1995 war.

Kestenovac is located near Ljutoč and Plješevica mountains, and is also near the River Una and Štrbački Buk waterfalls. It belongs to the Donji Lapac municipality.

Population

According to the 2011 census, Kestenovac had 39 inhabitants.[2]

Population[3]
1857186918801890190019101921193119481953196119711981199120012011
18922721228738144643303383703332822101593039

Note: In 1857 and 1869 this settlement was part of Bosnia and Herzegovina (that time Ottoman Empire), without census data, so population number is calculated. 1880, 1890 and 1900 data are taken from Bosnia and Herzegovina censuses (under occupation control of Austria-Hungary) from 1879, 1885 and 1895. There is also non-included data for the settlement which became part of the Yugoslav federal unit of Bosnia and Herzegovina before the 1948 census. In 1931 data is included in the settlement of Nebljusi. The settlement of Kestenovac became part of the Yugoslav federal unit of Croatia after World War II.

1991 census

According to the 1991 census, settlement of Kestenovac had 159 inhabitants, which were ethnically declared as:

Kestenovac
1991

total: 159

  Serbs 147 (92.45%)
  Muslims 8 (5.03%)
  Yugoslavs 4 (2.51%)

Austro-hungarian 1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Kestenovac had 446 inhabitants, which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Population by language Croatian or Serbian
Kestenovac 446
Total 446 (100%)
Population by religion Eastern Orthodox Roman Catholics
Kestenovac 437 9
Total 437 (97.98%) 9 (2.01%)

Note: In 1910 census settlement of Kestenovac was in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Literature
  • Savezni zavod za statistiku i evidenciju FNRJ i SFRJ, popis stanovništva 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. i 1991. godine.
  • Knjiga: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880-1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;

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. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Kestenovac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  3. - Republika Hrvatska - Državni zavod za statistiku: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001.


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