Lika-Senj County ( Croatian pronunciation: [lǐːka sɛ̂ːɲ] , Croatian : Ličko-senjska županija ) is a county in Croatia that includes most of the Lika region and some northern coastline of the Adriatic near the town of Senj , including the northern part of the Pag island. Its center is Gospić .
7-682: Jablanac is a village in Lika-Senj County , Croatia , located on the Adriatic Sea underneath the Velebit mountain, overlooking the island of Rab . The village used to have a ferry port that connected it to Rab, but that moved up the coast to Stinica in July 2012. The population of Jablanac is 83 (2011) and it is located in the municipality of Senj (which lies to the north). Local attractions include Zavratnica inlet where you can see
14-512: A sunken military ferry wreck from WW2 and stunning scenery. Nearby is the Velebit mountain and the Northern Velebit National Park . This Lika-Senj County geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lika-Senj County The county is the least populated (42.469 in 2022) and among the least prosperous ones , though it is the largest county in the country by area and includes
21-400: Is Ernest Petry ( HDZ ). The county assembly is composed of 27 representatives from the following political parties: 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. At
28-476: The 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 25 members minority council of the Lika-Senj County while Albanians and Bosniaks of Croatia fulfilled requirements to elect individual representative but with both representatives remaining unelected due to the absence of candidatures. Some municipalities and towns in
35-490: The Plitvice Lakes National Park and Sjeverni (North) Velebit National Park, some of Croatia's major tourist attractions. The county has a total area of 5353 km . Lika-Senj County is administratively subdivided into 12 units of local government: Since the early 20th century the county's population has been shrinking. As of the 2021 census, the county had 42.893 residents. As of 2011 census,
42-659: The outbreak of the Croatian War of Independence and the Breakup of Yugoslavia , Croats comprised 59.7% of the population, while Serbs comprised 37%. The area of the county used to have a significant Serb population, mostly located in the eastern part of the county, where they formed a majority. The entire former Lika-Krbava County , loosely overlapping with the area of the modern Lika-Senj county, in censuses of 1900 and 1910 even registered Serb majority (51.2% and 50.8%, respectively). The current Prefect of Lika-Senj County
49-406: The county had 50,927 residents. The population density is 9.5/km . Croatian State Bureau of Statistics estimated population of the county to stand at 45,493 in 2017, 45,184 in 2018, and 44,625 in 2019. Ethnic Croats form the majority with 84.15% of the population, followed by Serbs at 13.65%. Serbs form majority in municipalities of Vrhovine , Donji Lapac , and Udbina . In 1991, before
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