Krnjak
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Municipality of Krnjak Općina Krnjak | |
Coordinates: 45°20′10″N 15°36′02″E / 45.336049°N 15.600684°E | |
Country | Croatia |
County | Karlovac County |
Area | |
• Municipality | 111.8 km2 (43.2 sq mi) |
• Urban | 8.0 km2 (3.1 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Municipality | 1,332 |
• Density | 12/km2 (31/sq mi) |
• Urban | 258 |
• Urban density | 32/km2 (84/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 |
Website | krnjak |
Krnjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Крњак)[4] is a village and a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia.
On the territory of Krnjak municipality, along with Croatian which is official in the whole country, as a second official language has been introduced Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet.[5]
There are a total of 1,985 inhabitants in the municipality (census 2011), 68.6% which are Serbs and 29.2% which are Croats.[6] By mother tongue there are 1,620 Croatian speakers, 201 Serbian speakers and 164 speakers of other languages.[7] The municipality is part of Kordun.
The settlements in the municipality are:[8]
Hrvatsko Žarište, once called Partizansko Žarište, was famous for its elementary school, that was founded by family Vidić.