Rastoke

Rastoke
Settlement
View of Rastoke
View of Rastoke
Rastoke is located in Croatia
Rastoke
Rastoke
Coordinates: 45°07′16.55″N 15°35′15.52″E / 45.1212639°N 15.5876444°E / 45.1212639; 15.5876444
Country Croatia
CountyKarlovac County
MunicipalitySlunj
Government
 • MayorIvan Bogović (HDZ)
Area
 • Total0.1 km2 (0.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total46
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code047
Websiteslunj.hr

Rastoke (Croatian pronunciation: [rastoke]) is a village, located in the Town of Slunj, known for the Slunjčica River, which flows into the Korana River at Rastoke.

At Rastoke, similar natural phenomena are occurring as at the Plitvice Lakes. Rastoke is sometimes known as "the Small Lakes of Plitvice", and is connected to the Plitvice Lakes by the Korana River. Rastoke is a place of autochthonous ecologic and ethnographic significance due to its symbiosis of natural and civilizational features.

The town of Slunj emerged around Rastoke and the branching of the Slunjčica and Korana rivers. The watermills erected at this place largely contributed to the economic development of Slunj as the center of the region of Kordun.

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.