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Gornja Čemernica

Gornja Čemernica (Serbian Cyrillic: Горња Чемерница) is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Gvozd, Sisak-Moslavina County. It is connected by the D6 highway.

History

The village of Čemernica (comprising Gornja Čemernica and Donja Čemernica) suffered heavy demographic losses in the World war II losing 586 of its residents, 295 of whom perished in the Glina massacre on 3 August 1941. 68 more residents perished in the Jasenovac concentration camp.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village of Gornja Čemernica has 142 inhabitants. This represents 32.49% of its pre-war population according to the 1991 census.

The 1991 census recorded that 97.48% of the village population were ethnic Serbs (426/437), 0.69% were Yugoslavs (3/437), 0.46% were ethic Croats (2/437) and 1.37% were of other ethnic origin (6/437).

Historical population 1857-2011
population
550
667
652
650
728
488
481
490
455
451
437
232
142
1857186918801890190019101921193119481953196119711981199120012011
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics


Note: Settlements of Donja Čemernica and Gornja Čemernica were reported separately from 1890 onwards. From 1857 to 1880, they were reported as single settlement of Čemernica. The data pertaining to former settlement of Čemernica is now contained within the data for the settlement of Donja Čemernica (which currently belongs to the municipality of Topusko).

Sights

Notable natives and residents

  • Dmitar Obradović (1947–1992) - moderate politician and mayor of Vrginmost who was killed in 1992

See also

References

  1. ^ Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  2. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  4. ^ "Kotar Vrginmost u NO borbi 1941-1945./District of Vrginmost during National Liberation War 1941-1945" (PDF). 1980. pp. 402–433. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Gornja Čemernica". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  6. ^ Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine.
  7. ^ Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr
  8. ^ Dušan Baić "Kotar Vrginmost u NO borbi 1941-1945."/"District of Vrginmost during National Liberation War 1941-1945", pg 200, 1980
  9. ^ "Pupovac iz Pješčanice: Onemogućuju se da građani Hrvatske doznaju za zločine počinjene prema Srbima". dalmacijanews.hr (in Croatian). 2 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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