Gračac

Gračac

Грачац (Serbian)^[1]
Gračac Грачац (Serbian)
Municipality
	Municipality of Gračac; Općina Gračac; Општина Грачац
	A street in Gračac
	Gračac
	Coordinates: 44°17′56″N 15°50′49″E / 44.299°N 15.847°E
Country	Croatia
County	Zadar County
Government
• Municipal mayor	Nataša Turbić (HDZ)
Area
• Municipality	958.3 km2 (370.0 sq mi)
• Urban	69.9 km2 (27.0 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Municipality	3,136
• Density	3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)
• Urban	2,060
• Urban density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Postal code	23 440
Area code	+385(0)23
Vehicle registration	ZD
Website	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:^[4]

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. The term "Vlach" was used at the time to describe a population of Eastern Orthodox religion and rarely as an ethnic group. Those families that moved to Gračac came from area south east of Belgrade.^[5]^[6] In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Gračac was part of the Lika-Krbava County of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

From 1992 to 1992, Gračac was part of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina. In 1995, the town was taken over by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. At least 14 Serb civilians were killed by the Croatian Army in the nearby Kijani village during and in the aftermath of Operation Storm in August 1995.^[7]^[8]

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1857	19,099	—
1869	22,570	+18.2%
1880	19,388	−14.1%
1890	22,152	+14.3%
1900	24,607	+11.1%
1910	25,192	+2.4%
1921	25,437	+1.0%
1931	25,214	−0.9%
1948	17,946	−28.8%
1953	17,706	−1.3%
1961	16,670	−5.9%
1971	14,377	−13.8%
1981	12,151	−15.5%
1991	11,167	−8.1%
2001	3,923	−64.9%
2011	4,690	+19.6%
2021	3,136	−33.1%
Source: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2021, DZS

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%)	1,135 (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, such as in 1981, parts of the population listed themselves as Yugoslavs instead of Croat or Serb.

Politics

Minority councils and representatives

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.^[9] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Gračac.^[10]

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.

Notable people

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.
^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "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). Vol. 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 Archived 2020-11-11 at the Wayback Machine Karl Kaser, POPIS LIKE I KRBAVE 1712. GODINE, (prijevod s njemačkog: Sanja Lazanin), 2003. #page=19,21
^ "Press release on non-prosecuted crimes committed during and immediately after the military operation "Storm"". Documenta. Centre for Dealing with the Past. 9 July 2012.
^ International Court of Justice; Witness statement
^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIII. ZADARSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

External links

[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.

[2] Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.

[Census_2021-3] "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.

[census2011-4] "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Gračac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

[5] 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). Vol. 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.

[6] ttp://www.skdprosvjeta.com/pdf/9.pdf Archived 2020-11-11 at the Wayback Machine Karl Kaser, POPIS LIKE I KRBAVE 1712. GODINE, (prijevod s njemačkog: Sanja Lazanin), 2003. #page=19,21

[7] "Press release on non-prosecuted crimes committed during and immediately after the military operation "Storm"". Documenta. Centre for Dealing with the Past. 9 July 2012.

[8] International Court of Justice; Witness statement

[T-Portal-9] "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[ZŽ-Manjine-2023-10] "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIII. ZADARSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

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