Veljun

For the village near Senj, see Veljun Primorski.

Veljun
Village
Veljun
Coordinates: 45°15′N15°33′E / 45.250°N 15.550°E / 45.250; 15.550
Country	Croatia
County	Karlovac County
City	Slunj
Area [1]
• Total	9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	90
• Density	9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	47240
Area code	+385 047

Veljun is a village in Croatia, under the Slunj township, in Karlovac County.

Demographics

Village of Veljun: Population trends 1857–2021

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population	482	512	488	542	560	612	551	681	482	528	522	490	416	367	114	112	90
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Note:Some of its territory was transferred to Lapovac in 2001. Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

In 1890, the obćina of Veljun (court at Veljun), with an area of 98 square kilometres (38 sq mi), belonged to the kotar of Slunj (Slunj court and electoral district) in the županija of Modruš-Rieka (Ogulin court and financial board). There were 839 houses, with a population of 5531. Its 18 villages and 3 hamlets were divided for taxation purposes into 7 porezne obćine, under the Slunj office. ^{[3] : iv, v}

Infrastructure

In 1913, there were 7 gendarmeries in Slunj kotar: Cetin-grad, Gornja Močila, Nova Kršlja, Primišlje, Rakovica, Slunj and Veljun. ^[4]

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. Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured (1895). "Glavni pregled područja županija, upravnih kotara i obćina, sudbenih stolova, sudbenih kotara, financijalnih ravnateljstva, poreznih ureda i izbornih kotara". Političko i sudbeno razdieljenje kralj. Hrvatske i Slavonije i Repertorij prebivališta po stanju od 31. svibnja 1895. Zagreb: Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada. pp. I–XXVII.
4. Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured (May 1913). "Razmještaj Kr. oružništva u Kraljevinama Hrvatskoj i Slavoniji". Političko i sudbeno razdjeljenje i Repertorij prebivališta Kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije po stanju od 1. siječnja 1913. Zagreb: Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Kraljevska zemaljska tiskara. pp. XXXIV–XXXV.