Belo, Croatia

Belo
Village
Coordinates: 45°28′26″N14°53′40″E / 45.474006°N 14.894493°E / 45.474006; 14.894493
Country	Croatia
County	Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Town	Delnice
Area [1]
• Total	1.6 km2 (0.62 sq mi)
Elevation	215 m (705 ft)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	6
• Density	3.8/km2 (9.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Belo is a village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in Croatia, on the territory of the city of Delnice.

History

It was recorded as Beloszelo on the 1673 map of Stjepan Glavač  [ hr ]. ^[3]

A 22 December 1939 decision as part of agrarian reforms by Ban Šubašić to confiscate the local forest property of the Thurn and Taxis family, Kálmán Ghyczy and Nikola Petrović resulted in a legal dispute known as the Thurn and Taxis Affair, in part because of the relative status of the family and in part because of the proximity to the Italian border. ^{[4] [5]}

On 7 November 2024, the villagers of Donji Ložac, Radočaj Brodski, Gusti Laz, Grbajel, Golik, Belo, Čedanj and Kupa were informed that their tap water was not bacteriologically safe to drink. ^[6]

Demographics

Village of Belo: Population trends 1857–2021

v

population	82	86	81	74	67	77	76	66	43	33	30	24	14	23	13	9	6
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Sports

Beginning in 2013, ^[7] the 7 stage 260 kilometres (160 mi) long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar (Croatian : Goranska biciklistička transverzala) passes through Belo. ^[8]

Gallery

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  Crucifix bógac
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  Kupa by Belo (downstream)
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  Kupa by Belo (upstream)

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata   Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. Melem Hajdarović 2023
4. Banska vlast Banovine Hrvatske 1940b, p. 94.
5. Prusac 2023, p. 24.
6. Tatar, Nensi (2024-11-11). "Pozor, voda nije za piće: Opet bakteriološko onečišćenje". Gorske novosti.
7. Krmpotić, Marinko (2013-11-21). "Gorski kotar Bike: Goranska biciklistička transverzala duga 260 km". Novi list. ISSN   0350-4301. Archived from the original on 2025-03-28.
8. n.s. (2020). "Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar stages". Gorski kotar Bike.

Bibliography

• Melem Hajdarović, Mihela (2023-06-14). "Glavačeva karta Hrvatske iz 1673. – njezini toponimi, geografski sadržaj i historijskogeografski kontekst" [Glavač’s map of Croatia from 1673: Its toponyms, geographical content, and historical-geographical context]. Studia lexicographica. 17 (32): 47–78. doi: 10.33604/sl.17.32.2 . eISSN   2459-5578.

Further reading

History

• CKHSGR (1855-03-19) [written 1855-02-16]. "Oglas od strane c. k. hèrv. slav. gruntovnicah ravnateljstva". Carsko kraljevske službene narodne novine (in Serbo-Croatian). Vol. 21, no. 64. p. 190. ISSN   1333-5243.
• Prusac, Stjepan (2023-09-26) [defended 2023-09-25]. Posjedi obitelji Thurn Taxis nakon 1918. godine [Thurn Taxis Estates in Croatia after First World War] (Thesis) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu.
• Sekulić, Ante (1982-12-21). "Brod na Kupi i njegova župa". Croatica Christiana Periodica. 6 (6): 44–72. ISSN   0350-7823.
• Banska vlast Banovine Hrvatske (1940b). "Gospodarska prosvjeta i banovinska dobra". Godišnjak banske vlasti Banovine Hrvatske. Vol. 1. pp. 89–96.