Gračac (Zadar)

Gračac Грачац
coat of arms
Coordinates: 44 ° 17 ′ 50 ″  N , 15 ° 51 ′ 0 ″  E
Basic data
State :	Croatia
County :	Zadar
Residents :	4,690 (2011)
Telephone code :	(+385) 023
Postal code :	23 440
License plate :	ZD
Structure and administration (status: 2013, cf. )
Community type :	local community
Mayor :	Nataša Turbić ( HDZ )
Website :	www.gracac.hr
Gračac town sign

Gračac ( Serbian - Cyrillic Грачац ) is a small town in the south of the Lika region in Croatia . It is located south of Udbina , northwest of Obrovac and about 50 km southeast of Gospić . Gračac belongs to the Zadar County .

geography

Gračac lies in the middle of the Gračačko Polje plain in the lower Otuca river and not far from the Gradine karst height.

Place name

The name Gračac is derived from gradina , which means “old, abandoned castle”.

Population structure

Gračac itself has 3,063 inhabitants. The community has 4,690 inhabitants. According to the 2011 census, the proportion of:

• Croatians 53.90%
• Serbs 45.16%

The municipality consists of the following localities (naselja): Begluci, Brotnja, Bruvno, Cerovac, Dabašnica, Deringaj, Drenovac Osredački, Duboki Dol, Dugopolje, Glogovo, Grab, Gračac, Gubavčevo Polje, Kaldrma, Kijani, Kom, Kunovac Kupirovo, Kupirova Mazin, Nadvrelo, Neteka, Omsica, Osredci, Otrić, Palanka, Pribudić, Prljevo, Rastičevo, Rudopolje Bruvanjsko, Srb, Suvaja, Tiškovac Lički, Tomingaj, Velika Popina, Vučipolje, Zaklopac, Zrmanrelo, Zrmanja Vrmanja

Attractions

The Gračac lake and the Karstan hill Gradine are located near the town . The nearby Cerovac Caves are the largest explored caves in Croatia.

traffic

Several times a day there are buses and trains from Gračac from the direction of Zagreb or Knin . The closest motorway junction is Sveti Rok , about 20 km from Gračac.

Personalities

• Ilija Ivezić (1926–2016), actor

Web links

• 2001 census.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/dodatni/129134.htm