Korenica
{{For|the village in North Macedonia|Korenica, Krivogaštani}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name =
| official_name = Korenica
| native_name =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Korenica - središte.jpg
| image_map =
| map_caption = Location of Korenica within Croatia.
| pushpin_map = Croatia
| pushpin_mapsize =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Korenica
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| coordinates = {{coord|44|44|N|15|42|E|region:CRO|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{Flag|Croatia}}
| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of Lika-Senj County.svg Lika-Senj
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Plitvička Jezera
| parts =
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| area_footnotes = {{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}
| area_total_km2 = 1.9
| population_footnotes = {{Croatian Census 2021|S}}
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_total = 1563
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban =
| population_density_urban_km2 =
| timezone = CET
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset = +1
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| area_code = +385 53
| website =
}}
Korenica is a village in Lika, Croatia, located in the municipality of Plitvička Jezera, on the D1 road between Plitvice and Udbina. According to 2011 census it has 1,766 residents.{{Croatian Census 2011|S|09|4553}} It is the seat of the Plitvička Jezera Municipality.
In SFR Yugoslavia it was named Titova Korenica after Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. The population consists of local ethnic Croats and Serbs, and there are also Croats from Bosnia who moved to Croatia after the Croatian War for Independence.
Korenica has one elementary school and one high school.
History
The 1712 census of Lika and Krbava records that 119 Vlach (i.e. Serb Orthodox Christian) families live in Korenica.http://www.skdprosvjeta.com/pdf/9.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111230446/http://www.skdprosvjeta.com/pdf/9.pdf |date=2020-11-11 }} Karl Kaser,
POPIS LIKE I KRBAVE 1712. GODINE, (prijevod s njemačkog: Sanja Lazanin), 2003, #page=19
Until 1918, Korenica was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Lika-Krbava County) after the compromise of 1867), in the Croatian Military Frontier, administered by the Kommando Ottotschaner Regiment N°II before 1881. A post-office was opened in 1862.Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850–1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961.
Climate
Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was {{convert|40.2|C|F}}, on 2 August 2017.{{cite web |date=2022-07-19 |author=DHMZ |title=Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn¶m=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najvise_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}} The coldest temperature was {{convert|-27.3|C|F}}, on 13 January 2003.{{cite web |date=2022-01-21 |author=DHMZ |title=Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn¶m=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najnize_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}
Demographics
1991 census:https://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/G1991/pdf/G19914018.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
:Serbs 1,519 / 88.51%
:Yugoslavs 84 / 4.89%
:Croats 49 / 2.85%
:Albanians 4 / 0.23%
:Muslims 3 / 0.17%
:Italians 2 / 0.11%
:Hungarians 2 / 0.11%
:Slovenians 1 / 0.05%
:Montenegrins 1 / 0.05%
:undeclared 15 / 0.87%
:unknown 36 / 2.09%
{{Kretanje broja stanovnika
|naslov = Historical population 1857–2011 {{Croatian Census 2011|S|09|4553}}[https://web.dzs.hr/ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2001, www.dzs.hr]
|dimx = 550
|dimy = 450
|stanmax = 4670
|crta1 = 500
|crta2 = 250
|a1 = 1857
|a2 = 1869
|a3 = 1880
|a4 = 1890
|a5 = 1900
|a6 = 1910
|a7 = 1921
|a8 = 1931
|a9 = 1948
|a10 = 1953
|a11 = 1961
|a12 = 1971
|a13 = 1981
|a14 = 1991
|a15 = 2001
|a16 = 2011
|p1 = 1947
|p2 = 4628
|p3 = 4067
|p4 = 324
|p5 = 298
|p6 = 352
|p7 = 333
|p8 = 441
|p9 = 304
|p10 = 339
|p11 = 496
|p12 = 829
|p13 = 1299
|p14 = 1716
|p15 = 1570
|p16 = 1776
|izvor = Croatian Bureau of Statistics
}}
:NOTE: Population figures for the period 1857–1880 also include population figures for the following settlements: Drakulić Rijeka, Gradina Korenička, Homoljac, Jasikovac, Kalebovac, Kompolje Koreničko, Mihaljevac, Oravac, Ponor Korenički, Šeganovac, Vranovača and Vrpile.
Sights
File:Katolička crkva sv Juraj.jpg
- Saint George's Catholic Church
- Site of the Monument to the fallen partisan soldiers and civilian victims of fascism during the National Liberation War (WWII) from the Lika region, in Bijeli Potoci (destroyed around 2008){{cite web|url=http://www.spomenikdatabase.org/korenica|title=Spomenik Database – Central Monument of the White Streams (Bijeli Potoci) – Kamensko Memorial Area|date=|language=en|work=spomenikdatabase.org|accessdate=23 July 2018}}
- Ruins of the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, destroyed in 1943
Notable people
See also
References
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