Gerovo | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Gerovo Location of Gerovo in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°30′49″N14°38′20″E / 45.5136510600°N 14.6389486900°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| Area | |
• Total | 65.1 km2 (25.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) [2] | |
• Total | 593 |
| • Density | 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Gerovo is a Croatian village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is connected by the D32 highway.
Notable people that were born or lived in Gerovo include:
The Kupa or Kolpa river, a right tributary of the Sava, forms a natural border between north-west Croatia and southeast Slovenia. It is 297 kilometres long, with a length of 118 km (73 mi) serving as the border between Croatia and Slovenia and the rest located in Croatia.
Kraljevica is a town in the Kvarner region of Croatia, located between Rijeka and Crikvenica, approximately thirty kilometers from Opatija and near the entrance to the bridge to the island of Krk. The population of the settlement of Kraljevica itself is 2,857 with a total of 4,618 in the area of the town of Kraljevica, which is part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, and includes Šmrika. The town is known for its shipyard which has built a number of ships for the Croatian navy.
Delnice is a town in western Croatia, the largest settlement in the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar, in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The town has a population of 4,379, and total municipality population is 5,952 (2011). Delnice is Gorski Kotar's main town.
Lake Cerknica is an intermittent lake in the southern part of the Cerknica Polje, a karst polje in Inner Carniola, a region in southwestern Slovenia.
Brod na Kupi is a village located 12 km north of Delnice, in the western part of Gorski Kotar in Croatia. A bridge connects it with Petrina in Slovenia. Its population is 207.
Mrkopalj is a village and a municipality in the mountainous part of Croatia in the region of Gorski Kotar, located south-east of Delnice and some 50 km east of Rijeka and 831 meters above sea level.
Novi Vinodolski is a town on the Adriatic Sea coast in Croatia, located south of Crikvenica, Selce and Bribir and north of Senj. The population of Novi is 3,988, with a total of 5,131 people in the city administered area. The city area became a Frankopan property in the 13th century, marking the period to which the most valuable heritage is dated, including the Law codex of Vinodol. City hinterland is dominated by the Vinodol Valley, used for agriculture and winemaking. The city's economy is dominated by tourism, as Novi Vinodolski is well known tourist centre situated in an area largely unaffected by other types of industry and it offers a wide variety of tourist amenities. The Vinodol Valley is also the site of a hydroelectric power plant utilizing water collected in Gorski Kotar reservoirs. Transport links of the city are substantially dependent on the nearby city of Rijeka.
Čabar is a town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. There are 3,770 inhabitants, in the following settlements:
Skrad is a village and a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia.
Snežnik is a wide karst limestone plateau with an area of about 85 km2 (33 sq mi) in the Dinaric Alps. It can also be viewed as a southern extension of the Julian Alps. The main part of the plateau is in Slovenia, while the southern part extends into Croatia and connects to the mountain region of Gorski Kotar.
Risnjak is a mountain in the Risnjak National Park, in Gorski Kotar, Croatia. It belongs to the Dinaric Alps mountain range. The name of the massif probably comes from ris, the Croatian word for lynx. Another interpretation suggests that it comes from the local word risje, which is a name for a type of grass.
Lokve is a Croatian municipality of Primorje–Gorski Kotar County. With an area of 42 km2, it has a population of 1,049.
Prezid is a Croatian village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is connected by the D32 highway.
Plešce is a village in Gorski Kotar region in western Croatia.
Grižane-Belgrad is a village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County of Croatia. It is located near Crikvenica and Novi Vinodolski. It has a population of 953 and the post code HR-51244.
Bitoraj is a mountain in Gorski Kotar, Croatia. It is variously defined as a standalone mountain or as group of peaks of Velika Kapela. The highest peaks on it are Burni Bitoraj at 1,386 m.a.s.l., Velika Javornica at 1374 m.a.s.l., and the eponymous Bitoraj peak at 1,140 m.a.s.l.
Lič is a village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, western Croatia. It is located 2 km to the south of Fužine, which it is also a part of administratively. As of 2021, it had a population of 446. Lič is located not far from Viševica mountain and Lake Bajer. The village is connected by the M202 railway.
Petər Klepəc is a legendary character in the Slavic folklore of the Kupa river valley. The most prominent stories involve Klepəc being granted supernatural strength, with which he uses a log as a weapon during a battle. The more historical accounts from Mali Lug have an 18th-century setting, but the more legendary accounts match are set in the 16th or 15th century, possibly indicating narrative conflation.
An extensive bibliography was previously given in Moric and Perinić Lewis 2019, A more detailed bibliography focusing on Petər Klepəc in magazines before WWI had been published by Marko Smole.
Ledenice is a village in Croatia, under the Novi Vinodolski township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.
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