Sveti Rok
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| Basic data | |||
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| State : |
 Croatia
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| County : |
 Lika-Senj
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| Residents : | 257 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+385) 053 | ||
| Postal code : | 53 444 | ||
| License plate : | GS | ||
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| Community type : | Village | ||
| Mayor : | Hrvoje Račić | ||
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| Patron saint : | Saint Roch | ||
Sveti Rok (German Sankt Rochus ; Italian San Rocco ) is a place in Croatia . It is administratively located in the Lika-Senj County and, according to the 2011 census, has a total of 257 inhabitants of which 15% are under 20 and 34% are over 65 years old. The village belongs to the large municipality of Lovinac .
Sveti Rok is located below the southern Velebit massif. The largest employer is the mineral water bottling company Sveti Rok. The A1 motorway (Croatia) and the Sveti Rok tunnel , which runs through the Velebit, run near the village .
The motorway access is 4–5 km from the village. The nearest train station is at Lovinac (2–3 km) or Gračac (16–17 km).
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Mile Budak (1889–1945), Croatian writer, publicist and politician