Ervenik

In 1636 the village was settled by Roman Catholics (Croats), who after the Cretan War (1645–1669) would be reduced to 7 families by 1697, steadily replaced by Serb Orthodox population.{{cite book |last=Bačić |first=Stanko |date=1998 |title=Osvrt na knjigu "Pravoslavna Dalmacija" E. Nikodima Milaša |trans-title=Critics of points of view of Nikodim Milaš in his book "Orthodox Dalmatia" |url=https://archive.org/details/osvrt_na_knjigu_pravoslavna_dalmacija_e_nikodima_milasa_1998-stanko_bacic/mode/1up |language=hr |location=Zadar |publisher=Matica hrvatska |isbn=953-6419-19-X |pages=290–292}} In 1928 and 1947 lived 79 and 47 Roman Catholic families respectively, but by 1987 were again reduced to only 7 families.

There are two churches in the village:

• Catholic Church of St. Michael the Archangel outside the village (first mentioned in 1402).{{cite book |last=Škiljan |first=Filip |date=2008 |chapter=Problem srednjovjekovnih crkava koje su predane pravoslavnima |title=Međunarodni znanstveni skup Srpsko-hrvatski odnosi u 20. veku: zbornik radova |chapter-url=https://chdr-ns.com/pdf/Filip-Skiljan-Problem-srednjovjekovnih-crkava-koje-su-predane-pravoslavnima.pdf |location=Novi Sad |publisher=Centar za istoriju, demokratiju i pomirenje, Udruga za povijest, suradnju i pomirenje |language=hr |page=91–102 |isbn=978-86-86601-05-6 |access-date=11 February 2025}}

• Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas in the center of the village, according to Nikodim Milaš was built between 1669 and 1682, but by architectural characteristics is evidently that the Orthodox church was founded by renovation of a medieval Gothic Roman Catholic church.{{cite book |last=Škiljan |first=Filip |date=2008 |chapter=Problem srednjovjekovnih crkava koje su predane pravoslavnima |title=Međunarodni znanstveni skup Srpsko-hrvatski odnosi u 20. veku: zbornik radova |chapter-url=https://chdr-ns.com/pdf/Filip-Skiljan-Problem-srednjovjekovnih-crkava-koje-su-predane-pravoslavnima.pdf |location=Novi Sad |publisher=Centar za istoriju, demokratiju i pomirenje, Udruga za povijest, suradnju i pomirenje |language=hr |page=91–102 |isbn=978-86-86601-05-6 |access-date=11 February 2025}}

Also, in the vicinity of Mokro Polje (and Ervenik), there are remains of the aristocratic Keglević fort (Kegaljgrad), which was first mentioned in documents in 1433.

In 2021, the municipality had 789 residents in the following 5 settlements:

• Ervenik, population 227
• Mokro Polje, population 163
• Oton, population 102
• Pađene, population 101
• Radučić, population 196

{{Croatian population data graph |censuses=HRV |entered=2022-09-24 |entity=Ervenik |p1857=4874 |p1869=5222 |p1880=5224 |p1890=5835 |p1900=6511 |p1910=7059 |p1921=6518 |p1931=7331 |p1948=6848 |p1953=6945 |p1961=6694 |p1971=5710 |p1981=4836 |p1991=4115 |p2001=988 |p2011=1105 |p2021=789 |note= Formed from part of the pre-war municipality of Knin}}

Note: From 1857 until 1961 the village of Ervenik was listed as two separate inhabited places, Donji Ervenik and Gornji Ervenik. The population from those years is the sum of the two villages.

Serbian and Croatian are co-official at the municipal level in Ervenik.{{cite web |publication-date=2024-11-28 |date=November 2023 |title=Izvješće o provođenju Ustavnog zakona o pravima nacionalnih manjina i o utrošku sredstava osiguranih u Državnom proračunu Republike Hrvatske za 2023. godinu za potrebe nacionalnih manjina |url=https://vlada.gov.hr/UserDocsImages//2016/Sjednice/2024/Listopad/28_sjednica_VRH//28%20-%2015.docx?lang=ro |website=Vlada Republike Hrvatske |archive-date=2025-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250430005044/https://vlada.gov.hr/UserDocsImages//2016/Sjednice/2024/Listopad/28_sjednica_VRH//28%20-%2015.docx?lang=ro |language=hr}}{{rp|2}} As of 2023, most of the legal requirements for the fulfillment of bilingual standards have not been carried out. Official buildings do have Cyrillic signage, but not street signs, traffic signs or seals. Cyrillic is not used on any official documents, nor are there public legal and administrative employees proficient in the script.{{rp|133,134}} Preserving traditional Serbian place names and assigning street names to Serbian historical figures is legally mandated and carried out.{{rp|135}}

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