Karlovac County
Karlovačka županija | |
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 Karlovac County within Croatia | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County seat | Karlovac |
| Government | |
| • Župan | Martina Furdek-Hajdin (HDZ) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,626 km2 (1,400 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 112,195 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Area code | 047 |
| ISO 3166 code | HR-04 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.850[3] very high · 12th |
| Website | http://www.kazup.hr/ |
Karlovac County (Croatian: Karlovačka županija) is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac. It borders Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia.
The city of Karlovac is a fort from the times of the Military Frontier. It was built as a six-side star fort in the 16th century at the point of confluence of four rivers. The town blossomed in the 18th and 19th century after being made a free town, with the development of roads between Pannonian Basin to the Adriatic Sea, and waterways along the Kupa river. The city is making use of its crucial geostrategic point in Croatia.
The county itself extends towards the north to the water springs of Jamnica, and towards the south all the way down to the mountainous regions of Gorski Kotar and Lika, in particular to the Bjelolasica mountain which features the largest winter sport recreation center in the country.
County day is celebrated on the 25 April.[4] Patron saint of the County is Saint Joseph, who is also patron of Karlovac.[4]
- ^ Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 62. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "Population by Ethnicity/Citizenship/Mother tongue/Religion" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ a b "U Josipovu svetištu obilježen Dan Karlovačke županije" [Day of Karlovac County celebrated in Joseph's sanctuary]. ika.hkm.hr (in Croatian). Informative Catholic Agency. 25 April 2024.