Sinac

Sinac
Sinac
Village
	Coordinates: 44°49′45″N 15°19′52″E / 44.82917°N 15.33111°E
Country	Croatia
County	Lika-Senj County
Area
• Total	14.4 sq mi (37.4 km2)
Elevation	1,480 ft (450 m)
Population (2021)
• Total	498
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Sinac is a village near Otočac, Croatia. In the 2011 census, it had 563 inhabitants.^[3] in the 2021 census it had 498 inhabitants

Geography

It has an elevation of about 450 meters and a total area of about 37.4 kilometers² above sea level and is located southeast of Otočac.

History

In July 2023, a monument to the people of Sinca who died in the Homeland War was unveiled in the town: Mate Laškarin died in 1991 in Drenovo Klanac as a member of the MUP reserve, Zoran Dubravčić in 1992 in Otočac as a member of the 2nd Battalion, 133rd Brigade of the HV, Milan Mravinac in 1993 in Sinac as a member of the Sinac ZNG Company, Božo Tonković in 1994 in Udol Sinac as a member of the Artillery-Rocket Division of the 133rd Brigade, and in the same unit was Zvonko Dubravčić, who was killed on August 4, 1995 in Sinac. . .

Demographics and Population by Year

2021 – 489
2011 – 563
2001 – 630
1991 – 1041 (Croats - 1037, Others - 4)
1981 – 1044 (Croats - 1037, Yugoslavs - 3, Serbs - 1, Others - 3)
1971 – 1142 (Croats - 1135, Serbs - 4, Others - 3)

Famous people

Mate Šepo Nikšić, folk poet
Josip Sarkotić
Stjepan Sarkotić, Croatian general of the Austro-Hungarian army

References

^ 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: Sinac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

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[1] Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.

[Census_2021-2] "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.

[3] "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Sinac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

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