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Komić

Coordinates: 44°27′N 15°45′E / 44.450°N 15.750°E / 44.450; 15.750
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Komić
Komić is located in Croatia
Komić
Komić
Coordinates: 44°27′N 15°45′E / 44.450°N 15.750°E / 44.450; 15.750
Country Croatia
CountyLika-Senj
MunicipalityUdbina
Area
 • Total36.2 km2 (14.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total14
 • Density0.39/km2 (1.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Komić (Serbian Cyrillic: Комић) is a village in the Udbina municipality in the Lika region of central Croatia. The 2011 population was 20.[3]

History

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Near the village once was the Fort Komić which was built by Kurjaković family in the 14th century.

Nine elderly Serb civilians were massacred by the Croatian Army in the aftermath of Operation Storm in August 1995.[4]

Demographics

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The 1712–14 census of Lika and Krbava registered 349 inhabitants, out of whom 348 were Serbian Orthodox ("Vlach"), 1 were Catholic Bunjevci.[5]

The 1991 population was 153, 99% ethnic Serbs.

Notable people

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References

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  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. ^ "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. ^ Milekic, Sven (3 August 2017). "Tragic Search for Victims of Croatia's Operation Storm". BalkanInsight. BIRN.
  5. ^ Šarić, Marko (2009). "Predmoderne etnije u Lici i Krbavi prema popisu iz 1712./14.". In Željko Holjevac (ed.). Identitet Like: Korijeni i razvitak (PDF) (in Croatian). Vol. 1. Zagreb: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar. p. 375. ISBN 978-953-6666-65-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2018-02-26.