Moravice
Моравице (Serbian)[1]
Village
Moravice is located in Croatia
Moravice
Moravice
Location of Moravice in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°25′30″N 15°00′40″E / 45.42500°N 15.01111°E / 45.42500; 15.01111
Country Croatia
CountyPrimorje-Gorski Kotar
MunicipalityVrbovsko
Area
[2]
 • Total3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total509
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Moravice (formerly known as Komorske Moravice until 1919, thereafter as Srpske Moravice until 1991[4][5]) (Serbian Cyrillic: Моравице[1]) is a settlement in north-western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is part of the Vrbovsko municipality. The population is 664 (as of the 2011 census). [6]

History

The Serbs were settled in Moravice 1585 on the proposal general of Karlovac Josip Turn.[7] Vlachs were Slavic shepherds or foreigners who were settled through Statuta Vlachorum on this territory.

Demographics

Village of Moravice: Population trends 1857–2021
population
477
638
131
349
515
773
832
1241
734
974
916
956
814
841
797
664
509
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications


Notable natives and residents

References

  1. ^ a b Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  4. ^ (in Croatian) TZ Vrbovsko: Čogrljevo jezero Moravice: Na Lujzijani i željezničkoj pruzi prema Rijeci svega 8 km od Vrbovskog, nalaze se Moravice (do 1919 g. Komorske Moravice)
  5. ^ (in Croatian) Eciklopedija Jugoslavije vol. 8, Zagreb: JLZ, 1971, p. 113
  6. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Moravice". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  7. ^ Mužić Ivan; (2010) Vlasi u starijoj hrvatskoj historiografiji (in Croatian) p. 47; Povijesni prilozi, 39

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