Melinovac Мелиновац (Serbian)[1]
Village
Melinovac
Coordinates: 44°44′27″N 15°53′58″E / 44.74083°N 15.89944°E / 44.74083; 15.89944
Country	Croatia
County	Lika-Senj
Municipality	Donji Lapac
Area [2]
• Total	21.0 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Elevation	430 m (1,410 ft)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	53251 Nebljusi
Area code	+385 (53)

Melinovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Мелиновац)^[1] is a village in Croatia.

History

During World War II, as part of their genocide targeting ethnic Serbs, the Croatian fascist Ustaše regime killed about 890 Serbs from Melinovac as well as the nearby village of Ličko Petrovo Selo between June and August 1941. The victims were thrown into a pit.^[4]

Population

According to the 2011 census, Melinovac had 9 inhabitants.^[5]

1991 census

According to the 1991 census, settlement of Melinovac had 43 inhabitants, which were ethnically declared as this:

Austro-hungarian 1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Melinovac had 337 inhabitants which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Literature

• [1] Savezni zavod za statistiku i evidenciju FNRJ i SFRJ, popis stanovništva 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. i 1991. godine.
• Knjiga: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880-1991: po naseljima, author: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;