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Divoselo

Coordinates: 44°29′46″N 15°21′51″E / 44.49611°N 15.36417°E / 44.49611; 15.36417
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Divoselo
Village
Divoselo is located in Croatia
Divoselo
Divoselo
Coordinates: 44°29′46″N 15°21′51″E / 44.49611°N 15.36417°E / 44.49611; 15.36417
Country Croatia
CountyLika-Senj
MunicipalityGospić
Area
 • Total46.1 km2 (17.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total1
 • Density0.022/km2 (0.056/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Divoselo (Serbian Cyrillic: Дивосело) is a village in the Gospić municipality in the Lika region of central Croatia. It is located near Gospić, connected by the D25 highway.

History

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During the WWII Genocide of Serbs by the Croatian fascist Ustaše regime, more than 900 Serbs were massacred in Divoselo.[3]

The Serb community was ethnically cleansed from the area during the Operation Medak Pocket (September 1993) of the Croatian War (1991–95), when the Croatian Army took it from the break-away Republic of Serbian Krajina. Earlier, the Battle of Gospić (1991) included firefights between the Yugoslav People's Army and the Croatian National Guard in the village.

Demographics

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The 1712–14 census of Lika and Krbava registered 589 inhabitants, all of whom were Serbian Orthodox ("Vlach").[4]

The 1991 census registered 344 residents, out of whom 304 were ethnic Serbs. The 2011 census registered 4 residents.

Historical population 1857-2011 [5][6][7][8]
population
1844
1988
2005
2148
2222
2001
2128
2164
679
697
628
505
407
344
12
4
1857186918801890190019101921193119481953196119711981199120012011
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics


Notable natives and residents

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References

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  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.
  3. ^ Zatezalo, Đuro (1989). Kotar Gospić i Kotar Perušić u narodnooslobodilačkom ratu, 1941-1945. Karlovac: Historijski arhiv u Karlovcu. p. 180. ISBN 978-8680783048.
  4. ^ Šarić, Marko (2009). "Predmoderne etnije u Lici i Krbavi prema popisu iz 1712./14.". In Željko Holjevac (ed.). Identitet Like: Korijeni i razvitak (PDF) (in Croatian). Vol. 1. Zagreb: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar. p. 375. ISBN 978-953-6666-65-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  5. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Divoselo". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  6. ^ "Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr". Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  7. ^ "Slavno Divoselo spalo na četvero stanovnika". portalnovosti.com (in Serbian). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Borimo se za svaki dah, za svaki dan". portalnovosti.com (in Croatian). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Gojko Matić: Heroj selo Divoselo / Gojko Matić: Heroic village of Divoselo". maz.h,Gojko Matić (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 July 2018.

44°29′46″N 15°21′51″E / 44.49611°N 15.36417°E / 44.49611; 15.36417