Leskova Draga

Leskova Draga
Village
Leskova Draga
Coordinates: 45°23′12″N14°53′42″E / 45.386787°N 14.894922°E / 45.386787; 14.894922
Country	Croatia
County	Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
City	Ravna Gora
Area [1]
• Total	1.5 km2 (0.6 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	8
• Density	5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Leskova Draga is a village in Croatia, under the Ravna Gora township, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.

Geography

The village is situated at the foot of Mikulov vrh. The southeast slopes of Mikulov vrh are referred to as Ponikve. ^[3]

History

From 31 January to 2 February 2014, while S and SW geostrophic wind dominated, ^[4] freezing rain fell on Gorski Kotar, glazing the entire region. It wrecked roofs, power lines an forests, causing power loss for about 14,000 households households in Gorski Kotar, or about 80% of its population. Because of power lines falling on the A6, the highway was closed in of Rijeka between Bosiljevo and Kikovica, and between Kikovica and Delnice in the direction of Zagreb. ^[5] It took about 10 days to restore essential infrastructure to the region, and within months electricity was back in most of its former range, but at a cost of about 84.4 million HRK to HEP. At the time it was the largest peacetime damage since its Secession from Yugoslavia, even without counting the forestry losses. ^[6] Clearing blocked forestry roads and forest paths would take years, and thanks to the declining population some were never cleared. ^[7]

Demographics

Village of Leskova Draga: Population trends 1857–2021

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population				25	50	63	55	51	41	60	60	58	42	31	14	10	8
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Note:Od 1857. do 1880. podaci su sadržani u naselju Kupjak. Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Sports

The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012, ^[8] sometimes goes through Leskova Draga, such as in the third leg for 2023 ^[9] and the second leg for 2024. ^[10]

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. Državna geodetska uprava (n.d.). Registrar topografskih imena (Map).
4. Trošić, Tanja; Mokorić, Marija (2014). ""Ledena kiša" i poledica u Gorskom kotaru od 31. siječnja do 5. veljače 2014". Meteorološki i hidrološki bilten (4): 49–53. ISSN   1334-3017.
5. Tatar, Nensi (2014-02-02). "Zbog Ledene Kiše Izuzetno Teški Vremenski Uvjeti U Gorskom Kotaru: Grad Vrbovsko imenovao i poseban Stožer zimske službe koja je tijekom ovih dana na raspolaganju svim stanovnicima". Gorke novosti. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
6. Ned (2014-04-11). "Ledena kiša u Gorskom kotaru uzrokovala najveću mirnodopsku štetu u Hrvatskoj". Crometeo - motrenje i prognoziranje vremena. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.
7. Uredništvo (2014-02-28). "Ledena kiša u Gorskom Kotaru". Šumarski list. 138 (1–2): 5. eISSN   1846-9140.
8. Kušić, Tatjana (2018). "Izvještaj o radu Turističke zajednice Grada Vrbovskog za razdoblje siječanj - prosinac 2018" (PDF). Visit Vrbovsko. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-26.
9. Promotiv Travel (2023). "Gorski kotar Bike Tour 2023". Promotiv. Archived from the original on 2023-01-26.
10. Promotiv Travel (2024). "Gorski kotar Bike Tour 2024". Promotiv. Archived from the original on 2024-02-28.

Further reading

Dialectology

• Asić-Klobučar, Đurđica (2015-06-16) [received 2013-05-13]. "Kupjački govor (III.): Prilozi". Kaj: časopis za književnost, umjetnost, kulturu. 48(231) (1-2(332-333)): 47–60. ISSN   0453-1116.
• Asić-Klobučar, Đurđica (2011-05-05) [received 2009-11-05]. "Kupjački govor (II.): Morfološke osobitosti". Kaj: časopis za književnost, umjetnost, kulturu. 44(216) (1-2(308-309)): 59–90. ISSN   0453-1116.
• Asić-Klobučar, Đurđica (2006). "Kupjački govor (I.): Fonološke osobitosti". Kaj: časopis za književnost, umjetnost, kulturu. 39 (4): 41–55. ISSN   0453-1116.

Demography

• Korenčić, Mirko (1979). Naselja i stanovništvo Socijalističke Republike Hrvatske (1857–1971)[Villages and Population of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (1857–1971)]. Djela Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti (in Serbo-Croatian). Vol. 54.