Gomirje
Gomirje 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 343 (as of the 2011 census).
Demographics
Historical population 1857-2011
population | 1180 | 1505 | 905 | 599 | 549 | 523 | 506 | 610 | 369 | 387 | 381 | 430 | 466 | 478 | 435 | 343 |
1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics
Sights
- Gomirje Monastery - the westernmost Orthodox monastery
Notable natives and residents
- Lazar Mamula (1795-1878) - baron, general in the general in Austro-Hungarian army and governor of Dalmatia
- Bogdan Mamula (1918-2002) - antifascist, partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
- Desanka Đorđević (1927-2011) - dancer and folk dance choreographer in the National Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs of Serbia, Ensemble "Kolo"