Gračac is a village and a municipality in the southern part of Lika

Lika

Lika is a mountainous region in central Croatia, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by the Malovan pass...

, Croatia

Croatia

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. It is located south of Udbina

Udbina

Udbina is a village and a municipality in the Lika region of Croatia. It is an administratively part of in the Lika-Senj county.-Geography:The village is located in the large karst field called Krbava...

, northeast of Obrovac

Obrovac, Croatia

Obrovac is a town located in northern Dalmatia, in the Zadar County of Croatia. Town population is 1,500 people , and the whole Obrovac municipality has a population of 4,000 people. The town is located in the canyon of the river Zrmanja....

, northwest of Knin

Knin

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 and southeast of Gospić

Gospic

Gospić is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Lika-Senj county. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field....

. The municipality

Municipality

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 is administratively part of the Zadar county

Zadar County

Zadar County is a county in Croatia, it encompasses northern Dalmatia and southeastern Lika. Its center is the city of Zadar.- Population :According to the 2001 census, Zadar County has population of 162,045...

.

Settlements

The total municipality population is 5,033 (census 2011), in the following settlements

Naselje

Naselje is a settlement in Croatia, usually translated as settlement. It is the smallest unit of Croatian territory. Individual settlements are by and large referred to as selo , while naselje is a statistical and administrative category. The units of local government in Croatia, cities and...

:

• Begluci, population 71
• Brotnja
  Brotnja
  Brotnja is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D218 highway....
  
  , population 45
• Bruvno, population 89
• Cerovac, population 3
• Dabašnica, population 3
• Deringaj, population 64
• Donja Suvaja, population 52
• Drenovac Osredački, population 12
• Duboki Dol, population 0
• Dugopolje
  Dugopolje
  Dugopolje is a highly developed municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia county. It has a population of over 3500, 99.5% which are Croats. Noted in Dugopolje is a vranjaca, or cave. The city of Split, where considerable early history is centred, is located 15 km from Dugopolje...
  
  , population 13
• Glogovo, population 11
• Gornja Suvaja, population 33
• Grab, population 72
• Gračac
  Gracac
  Gračac is a village and a municipality in the southern part of Lika, Croatia. It is located south of Udbina, northeast of Obrovac, northwest of Knin and southeast of Gospić...
  
  , population 3,409
• Gubavčevo Polje, population 2
• Kaldrma, population 30
• Kijani, population 48
• Kom, population 35
• Kunovac Kupirovački, population 40
• Kupirovo
  Kupirovo
  Kupirovo is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D218 highway....
  
  , population 40
• Mazin
  Mazin
  Mazin is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D506 highway....
  
  , population 49
• Nadvrelo, population 1
• Neteka
  Neteka
  Neteka is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D218 highway....
  
  , population 86
• Omsica, population 16
• Osredci, population 43
• Otrić
  Otrić
  Otrić is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D1 highway....
  
  , population 16
• Palanka, population 19
• Pribudić, population 4
• Prljevo, population 11
• Rastičevo, population 4
• Rudopolje Bruvanjsko, population 30
• Srb
  Srb
  Srb is a village located in the southeastern part of Lika, in Croatia, administratively divided into Donji Srb and Gornji Srb . Srb lies in the Una River valley, on the road from Donji Lapac to Knin, and is east of Gračac. It is currently part of the Gračac municipality.In the census of 1991, when...
  
  , population 450
• Tiškovac Lički, population 14
• Tomingaj, population 19
• Velika Popina
  Velika Popina
  Velika Popina is a village in Croatia....
  
  , population 60
• Vučipolje, population 1
• Zaklopac, population 25
• Zrmanja
  Zrmanja
  Zrmanja is a river in southern Lika and northern Dalmatia, Croatia. It is long and its basin covers an area of .It was known to the ancient Romans as Tedanius. The spring of Zrmanja is located in southern part of Lika under Postak - the southern peak of Pljesevica mountain, and close to south end...
  
  , population 27
• Zrmanja Vrelo, population 32

Demographics

Population by ethnicity
Year of census	total	Croats Croats Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...	Serbs Serbs The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...	Others
1961	17,586	3,736 (21.24%)	13,670 (77.73%)	180 (1.02%)
1971	14,819	3,107 (20.97%)	11,318 (76.37%)	394 (2.66%)
1981	11,863	2,150 (18.12%)	8,578 (72.31%)	1135 (9.57%)
1991	10,434	1,697 (16.26%)	8,371 (80.22%)	366 (3.51%)
2001	3,923	2,260 (57.61%)	1,523 (38.82%)	140 (3.57%)
2011	5,924

Note: In some censuses Serbs and Croats listed themselves as Yugoslavs.

Attractions

The name Gračac is derived from "gradina" which means an old abandoned castle

Castle

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. Near the town there are Lake Gračac and the karst field of Gračac. The Cerovac caves nearby are the largest explored caves in Croatia. The town is on the way into the Lika region of Zadar county, and the surroundings offer good hunting game.

External links

• Gracac-Zadar County Tourist Office