Karlovac County

Karlovac County
Karlovačka županija (Croatian)
County
Flag
Coat of arms
Karlovac County within Croatia
CountryCroatia
County seatKarlovac
Government
 • Župan (Prefect)Martina Furdek-Hajdin (HDZ)
Area
[1]
 • Total
3,626 km2 (1,400 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
112,195
 • Density30.94/km2 (80.14/sq mi)
Area code047
ISO 3166 codeHR-04
HDI (2022)0.850[3]
very high · 12th
Websitehttp://www.kazup.hr/

Karlovac County (Croatian: Karlovačka županija) is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia.

The city of Karlovac is a fort from the times of the Military Frontier with the Ottoman Empire. It was built as a six-side star fort in the 16th century at the point of confluence of four rivers. The town blossomed in the 18th and 19th century after being made a free town, with the development of roads between Pannonian Basin to the Adriatic Sea, and waterways along the Kupa river. The city is making use of its crucial geostrategic point in Croatia.

The county itself extends towards the north to the water springs of Jamnica, and towards the south all the way down to the mountainous regions of Gorski Kotar and Lika, in particular to the Bjelolasica mountain which features the largest winter sport recreation center in the country.

County day is celebrated on the 25 April.[4] Patron saint of the County is Saint Joseph, who is also patron of Karlovac.[4]

Administrative division

Karlovac County is divided:

Demographics

As of the 2011 census, the county had 128,899 residents. The population density is 36 people per km2.

Ethnic Croats form the majority with 86.1% of the population, followed by Serbs at 10.4%.[5]

Karlovac County: Population trends 1857–2021
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Sources:Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

County government

The current Prefect of Karlovac County is Martina Furdek-Hajdin (HDZ).[6]

The county assembly is composed of 37 representatives from the following political parties:

Political party Seats won Government
Croatian Democratic Union
20 / 37
 Government
Social Democratic Party of Croatia
8 / 37
 Opposition
Homeland Movement
4 / 37
 Opposition
We Can!
2 / 37
 Opposition
Croatian Social Liberal Party
1 / 37
 Government
New Left
1 / 37
 Opposition

See also

References

  1. ^ Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 62. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Population by Ethnicity/Citizenship/Mother tongue/Religion" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  4. ^ a b "U Josipovu svetištu obilježen Dan Karlovačke županije" [Day of Karlovac County celebrated in Joseph's sanctuary]. ika.hkm.hr (in Croatian). Informative Catholic Agency. 25 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Stanovništvo prema narodnosti po gradovima/općinama, Popis 2011". Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Županica".
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