Krnjak

Municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia

Krnjak Крњак (Serbian)^[1]
Municipality
Municipality of Krnjak Općina Krnjak
Coat of arms
Map of Krnjak municipality within Karlovac County

45°20′10″N 15°36′02″E / 45.336049°N 15.600684°E / 45.336049; 15.600684
Country	Croatia
County	Karlovac County
Area ^[2]
• 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.hr

Krnjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Крњак)^[4] is a village and a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia.

Languages and names

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]

Population

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.

Settlements

The settlements in the municipality are:^[8]

Bijeli Klanac (population 1)
Brebornica (population 63)
Budačka Rijeka (population 245)
Burić Selo (population 29)
Čatrnja (population 133)
Donji Budački (population 136)
Dugi Dol (population 94)
Dvorište (population 53)
Gornji Budački (population 28)
Gornji Skrad (population 67)
Grabovac Krnjački (population 85)
Grabovac Vojnićki (population 55)
Hrvatsko Žarište (population 35)
Jasnić Brdo (population 10)
Keserov Potok (population 8)
Krnjak (population 371)
Mala Crkvina (population 42)
Mlakovac (population 118)
Pavković Selo (population 51)
Perići (population 22)
Podgorje Krnjačko (population 48)
Poljana Vojnićka (population 18)
Ponorac (population 40)
Rastovac Budački (population 13)
Suhodol Budački (population 8)
Trupinjak (population 1)
Velika Crkvina (population 68)
Vojnović Brdo (population 9)
Zagorje (population 83)
Zimić (population 51)

Hrvatsko Žarište, once called Partizansko Žarište, was famous for its elementary school, that was founded by family Vidić.

Notable people

Vladimir Matijević

References

^ 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.
^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "Minority names in Croatia:Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
^ 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.
^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Karlovac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Population by Mother Tongue, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Karlovac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Krnjak". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.