Vrhovine
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Vrhovine
| official_name = Municipality of Vrhovine
Općina Vrhovine
| native_name = {{native name|sr-Cyrl|Врховине|italics=off}}{{cite web|url=https://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/minlang/Report/PeriodicalReports/CroatiaPR5_hr.pdf | title=Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima | date=October 2013 | author=Government of Croatia | publisher=Council of Europe | page=36 | language=hr | format=PDF | access-date=30 November 2016}}
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline =
| image_caption =
| image_flag =
| flag_size =
| image_shield = Coat of arms of Vrhovine municipality.jpg
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| image_map = Vrhovine.PNG
| map_caption = Vrhovine municipality within Lika-Senj County
| pushpin_map = Croatia
| pushpin_label = Vrhovine
| coordinates = {{coord|44|50|N|15|35|E|region:HR|display=it}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Croatia}}
| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Lika-Senj}}
| subdivision_type2 =
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| leader_title = Municipal mayor
| leader_name = Milorad Delić (SDSS)
| area_footnotes = {{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}
| area_total_km2 = 225.3
| area_urban_km2 = 29.8
| elevation_m =
| population_footnotes = {{Croatian Census 2021|S}}
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_total = 653
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban = 218
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
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| timezone = CET
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset = +1
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code{{Cite Q|Q125763583|mode=cs1}}
| postal_code = 53220 Otočac
| area_code =
| website = {{URL|vrhovine.hr}}
| notes =
}}
Vrhovine ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Врховине}}){{cite web|url=http://www.nipp.hr/UserDocsImages/Registar%20geografska%20imena%20nacionalnih%20manjina%20RH.pdf|title=Minority names in Croatia:Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske|format=PDF|access-date=2013-03-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211333/http://www.nipp.hr/UserDocsImages/Registar%20geografska%20imena%20nacionalnih%20manjina%20RH.pdf|archive-date=2013-10-29}} is a settlement and a municipality in Lika-Senj County, Croatia. The municipality is located in Lika.
Demographics
{{Historical populations|1857|5104|1869|5096|1880|4564|1890|4965|1900|5437|1910|5412|1921|5737|1931|5745|1948|4108|1953|4034|1961|3821|1971|3193|1981|2783|1991|2453|2001|905|2011|1381|2021|653|source=Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2021, DZS}}In the 2001 census, Vrhovine had 905 inhabitants of which 55.03% were Serbs and 38.45% were Croats.{{Croatian Census 2001|E|09}} In the 2011 census, there were 1,381 inhabitants of which 80.23% were Serbs and 12.74% were Croats.{{Croatian Census 2011|E|09}}
In 2021, the municipality had 653 residents in the following 7 settlements:
- Donji Babin Potok, population 72
- Gornje Vrhovine, population 150
- Gornji Babin Potok, population 54
- Rudopolje, population 32
- Turjanski, population 26
- Vrhovine, population 218
- Zalužnica, population 101
{{Croatian population data graph |censuses=HRV |entered=2022-09-24 |entity=Vrhovine |p1857=5104 |p1869=5096 |p1880=4564 |p1890=4965 |p1900=5437 |p1910=5412 |p1921=5737 |p1931=5745 |p1948=4108 |p1953=4034 |p1961=3821 |p1971=3193 |p1981=2783 |p1991=2453 |p2001=905 |p2011=1381 |p2021=653}}
The majority of the population of the municipality is elderly. Because of this, the Croatian Ministry of Family Affairs, War Veterans and Intergenerational Solidarity and the United Nations Development Programme secured funding for a centre for the elderly.[http://www.undp.hr/show.jsp?newscontainer=96106&page=51912 Municipality of Vrhovine Opened a Daily Care Center for the Elderly] The centre was opened by Minister Jadranka Kosor in June, 2008.
Politics
= Languages and names =
On the territory of Vrhovine municipality, in addition to Croatian which is official in the whole country, Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet have been introduced as a second official language.Izvješće o provođenju ustavnog zakona o pravima nacionalnih manjina i o utošku sredstava osiguranih u državnom proračunu Republike Hrvatske za 2008. godinu za potrebe nacionalnih manjina, Zagreb, 2009.
=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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/manjinski-izbori-prve-nedjelje-u-svibnju-krecu-i-edukacije-20230313 |title=Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije |date= 13 March 2023 |author= |publisher=T-portal |access-date=10 June 2023}} At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Vrhovine.{{cite web|url=https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z9_LICKO_SENJSKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | title=Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. IX. LIČKO-SENJSKA ŽUPANIJA | date=2023 | author= | publisher=Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske | page=12 | language=hr | format=PDF | access-date=13 June 2023}}
References
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