Moravice 
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![]() Moravice Location of Moravice  in Croatia  | |
| Coordinates: 45°25′30″N 15°00′40″E / 45.42500°N 15.01111°E | |
| Country | |
| County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 
| Municipality | Vrbovsko | 
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2021)[3]  | |
| • Total | 509 | 
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | 
Moravice (formerly known as Komorske Moravice until 1919, thereafter as Srpske Moravice until 1991[4][5]) (Serbian Cyrillic: Моравице[1]) is a settlement in north-western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. It is part of the Vrbovsko municipality. The population is 664 (as of the 2011 census). [6]
History
The Serbs were settled in Moravice 1585 on the proposal general of Karlovac Josip Turn.[7] Vlachs were Slavic shepherds or foreigners who were settled through Statuta Vlachorum on this territory.
Demographics
Village of Moravice: Population trends 1857–2021
| population | 477  | 638  | 131  | 349  | 515  | 773  | 832  | 1241  | 734  | 974  | 916  | 956  | 814  | 841  | 797  | 664  | 509  | 
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 | 
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications
Notable natives and residents
- Danilo Jakšić - 18th century Serb Orthodox bishop
 - Slavko Kvaternik - one of the founders of the Ustaša movement, and a Nazi collaborator during the Second World War
 - Dido Kvaternik - a senior military official of the Ustaša movement, and a Nazi collaborator during the Second World War
 - Pero Kvrgić - actor
 - Đorđe Petrović - painter
 - Vasilije Matić - forestry expert
 - Đorđe Kangrga - musician
 - Snježana Pejčić - Olympic athlete
 
References
- 1 2 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, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
 - ↑ (in Croatian) TZ Vrbovsko: Čogrljevo jezero Moravice: Na Lujzijani i željezničkoj pruzi prema Rijeci svega 8 km od Vrbovskog, nalaze se Moravice (do 1919 g. Komorske Moravice)
 - ↑ (in Croatian) Eciklopedija Jugoslavije vol. 8, Zagreb: JLZ, 1971, p. 113
 - ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Moravice". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
 - ↑ Mužić Ivan; (2010) Vlasi u starijoj hrvatskoj historiografiji (in Croatian) p. 47; Povijesni prilozi, 39
 
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