Moravice, Croatia
Moravice
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Village | |
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  Moravice Location of Moravice in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°25′30″N 15°00′40″E / 45.42500°N 15.01111°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| Municipality | Vrbovsko |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Total | 509 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Moravice (formerly known as Komorske Moravice until 1919, thereafter as Srpske Moravice until 1991[4][5]) (Serbian Cyrillic: Моравице[1]) is a settlement in north-western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is part of the Vrbovsko municipality. The population is 664 (as of the 2011 census). [6]
History
[edit]The Serbs were settled in Moravice 1585 on the proposal general of Karlovac Josip Turn.[7] Vlachs were Slavic shepherds or foreigners who were settled through Statuta Vlachorum on this territory.
Demographics
[edit]Village of Moravice: Population trends 1857–2021
| population | 477 | 638 | 131 | 349 | 515 | 773 | 832 | 1241 | 734 | 974 | 916 | 956 | 814 | 841 | 797 | 664 | 509 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Notable natives and residents
[edit]- Danilo Jakšić - 18th century Serb Orthodox bishop
- Slavko Kvaternik - one of the founders of the Ustaša movement, and a Nazi collaborator during the Second World War
- Dido Kvaternik - a senior military official of the Ustaša movement, and a Nazi collaborator during the Second World War
- Pero Kvrgić - actor
- Đorđe Petrović - painter
- Vasilije Matić - forestry expert
- Đorđe Kangrga - musician
- Snježana Pejčić - Olympic athlete
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ (in Croatian) TZ Vrbovsko: Čogrljevo jezero Moravice: Na Lujzijani i željezničkoj pruzi prema Rijeci svega 8 km od Vrbovskog, nalaze se Moravice (do 1919 g. Komorske Moravice)
- ^ (in Croatian) Eciklopedija Jugoslavije vol. 8, Zagreb: JLZ, 1971, p. 113
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Moravice". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ Mužić Ivan; (2010) Vlasi u starijoj hrvatskoj historiografiji (in Croatian) p. 47; Povijesni prilozi, 39