Ervenik
Ervenik
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| Općina Ervenik Општина Ервеник Municipality of Ervenik | |
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  Ervenik Location of Ervenik within Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 44°06′28″N 15°56′24″E / 44.107684°N 15.939871°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| Historical region | Dalmatian Hinterland |
| County |  Šibenik-Knin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Predrag Burza (SDSS) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 212.8 km2 (82.2 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 91.3 km2 (35.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
| • Municipality | 789 |
| • Density | 3.7/km2 (9.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 227 |
| • Urban density | 2.5/km2 (6.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
| Website | ervenik |
Ervenik (Serbian Cyrillic: Ервеник)[1] is a village and municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. There were 826 inhabitants (municipality) in 2021, and 97.19% of the population were Serbs, making Ervenik the municipality with the highest percentage of Serbs in Croatia. Population of the village was 243.[4]
Culture and monuments
[edit]There are several churches in the village:
- Catholic Church of St. Michael the Archangel (first mentioned in 1402).
- Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas from 1669.
- Orthodox Church of St. Elijah from 1710 (Oton).
Also, in the vicinity of Mokro Polje (Ervenik), there are remains of the aristocratic Kegalj fort (Kegaljgrad), which was first mentioned in documents in 1433.
Settlements
[edit]The municipality of Ervenik includes 5 settlements:[5]
- Ervenik
- Mokro Polje
- Oton
- Pađene
- Radučić
Ervenik Municipality
[edit]| Population by census[6] | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
| 4,874 | 5,222 | 5,224 | 5,835 | 6,511 | 7,059 | 6,518 | 7,331 | 6,848 | 6,945 | 6,694 | 5,710 | 4,836 | 4,115 | 988 | 1,105 | 826 |
Note: Formed from part of the pre-war municipality of Knin.
Ervenik (village)
[edit]| Population by census[6] | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
| 2,080 | 2,129 | 2,123 | 2,337 | 2,466 | 2,788 | 2,467 | 2,829 | 2,318 | 2,331 | 2,397 | 2,056 | 1,827 | 1,570 | 227 | 287 | 243 |
Note: From 1857 until 1961 the village of Ervenik was listed as two separate inhabited places, Donji Ervenik and Gornji Ervenik. The population from those years is the sum of the two villages.
Notable people
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: County of Šibenik-Knin". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Ervenik". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ a b - Republika Hrvatska - Državni zavod za statistiku: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001.
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