Brod Moravice

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Brod Moravice
Municipality
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Brod Moravice
Coordinates: 45°27′36″N14°58′12″E / 45.46000°N 14.97000°E / 45.46000; 14.97000
CountryFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Region Gorski Kotar
County Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Government
 • MayorDragutin Crnković
Area
[1]
 • Municipality
23.9 sq mi (62.0 km2)
 • Urban
1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2)
Population
 (2021) [2]
 • Municipality
663
 • Density28/sq mi (11/km2)
 •  Urban
270
 • Urban density210/sq mi (79/km2)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website brodmoravice.hr

Brod Moravice is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia.

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History

Brod Moravice was first mentioned in 1260. The rural municipality was founded in the 14th century. [3] Throughout history, it has also been known as Moravice, Gornje Moravice, Turanj and Brodske Moravice. The name was first recorded in one of Bela IV's documents in 1260. The first settlements appeared in Gorski kotar as early as the 10th or 11th centuries, due to the fact that routes to the coast passed through this area. [3]

During the 15th and 16th centuries, the municipality was the subject of numerous Turkish raids.

Geography

The municipality, part of the historic and geographic large region of the Littoral, is located in the mountain range close to Croatian borders with Slovenia. It dists 65 km from Karlovac, 71 from Rijeka, 114 from Zagreb, 104 from Ljubljana and 144 from Trieste.

Population

It is the smallest municipality by population, and the oldest one in its county.

The municipality is divided into 38 localities, included the town of Brod Moravice itself. In the 2011 census, there were a total of 985 inhabitants in the following settlements: [4]

By ethnicity, there were 96% Croats and 4% Italians in the same census. [5]

Main sights

The municipality counts lot of ancient church buildings. [3] It is also a receptive place for tourism due to its natural environment. [6]

The 600 metres (2,000 ft) long linden avenue was planted at the beginning of the 20th century. [7]

Transport

Brod Moravice is crossed by the state road D3 and the nearest motorway is the A6 (nearest exit is the n.3 "Ravna Gora"). As for railways, it counts a station on the line Rijeka-Ogulin-Karlovac-Zagreb.

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. 1 2 3 History of Brod Moravice
  4. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Brod Moravice". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: Brod Moravice". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  6. ↑ (in Croatian) Tourist infos about Brod Moravice Archived August 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Vahtar-Jurković, Koraljka; Obad Šćitaroci, Mladen (2017-12-31). "Pejsažno i perivojno naslijeđe Gorskoga kotara" [Landscape and Park Heritage of Gorski Kotar]. Prostor: znanstveni časopis za arhitekturu i urbanizam (in Croatian). 25 (2): 328–341. doi:10.31522/p.25.2(54).11.

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