Cerovnik

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Cerovnik
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Cerovnik
Location of Kijevo in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°15′N15°30′E / 45.250°N 15.500°E / 45.250; 15.500 Coordinates: 45°15′N15°30′E / 45.250°N 15.500°E / 45.250; 15.500
Country Croatia
County Karlovac
Municipality Josipdol
Population (2001)
  Total 167
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Cerovnik is a village in the municipality of Josipdol in Karlovac County in Croatia. It lies below the Kapela mountain. According to the 2001 census, the town has 167 inhabitants.

Josipdol Municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia

Josipdol is a village and municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia.

Karlovac County County in Croatia

Karlovac County is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac.

Croatia Republic in Central Europe

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy. Its capital, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with twenty counties. Croatia has an area of 56,594 square kilometres and a population of 4.28 million, most of whom are Roman Catholics.

On Statehood Day 2008, the village unveiled a monument to the 156 villagers who died in the Second World War. [1] Among those killed in the war was the Catholic priest Dragutin Fifka who was killed by Chetniks on May 24, 1943. [2]

Statehood Day (Croatia) Croatia

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The town was mined during the Croatian War of Independence. In the 2000s (decade) the process of demining the area began. [3]

Croatian War of Independence war of independence fought from 1991 to 1995

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