Vrhovine

Vrhovine Врховине
coat of arms
Coordinates: 44 ° 51 ′ 6 "  N , 15 ° 25 ′ 9"  E
Basic data
State :	Croatia
County :	Lika-Senj
Area :	154.95  km²
Residents :	1,381 (2011)
Population density :	9 inhabitants per km²
Telephone code :	(+385) 053
Postal code :	53 223
License plate :	GS
Structure and administration (status: 2013, cf. )
Community type :	local community
Mayor :	Milorad Delić ( SDSS )
Website :	www.vrhovine.hr

Vrhovine is a village and municipality in Lika-Senj County , Croatia . The number of inhabitants of the municipality is 1,381 (2011 census), of which 80.23% are Serbs and 12.74% are Croats .

Cities and villages in the larger municipality

• Donji Babin Potok
• Gornje Vrhovine
• Gornji Babin Potok
• Rudopolje
• Turjansky
• Vrhovine
• Zalužnica

Personalities

• Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević , lived in Vrhovine and the primary school is named after him.
• Momčilo Popović , partisan, born in Zalužnica (posthumously the title "People's Hero of Yugoslavia")

traffic

Rail transport on the Lika Railway is not of great importance in Vrhovine. Two pairs of regional trains run to Ogulin every day , and there are also two pairs of express trains between Zagreb and Split in the summer.

supporting documents

1. ↑ http://www.hznet.hr/lgs.axd?t=16&id=7459 , p. 214ff.