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Vojnić

Vojnić
Војнић (Serbian)
Municipality
Municipality of Vojnić
Općina Vojnić
Coat of arms of Vojnić
Coat of arms
Vojnić is located in Croatia
Vojnić
Vojnić
Location of Vojnić in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°25′N 15°50′E / 45.417°N 15.833°E / 45.417; 15.833
Country  Croatia
County Karlovac County
Population (2011)
 • Total 4,764
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) 047
Website www.vojnic.hr

Vojnić (Serbian Cyrillic: Војнић) is a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. There are 4,764 inhabitants, 45% of whom are Serbs and 37% of whom are Croats. The municipality is part of Kordun.

On the territory of Vojnić municipality, along with Croatian which is official in the whole country, as a second official language has been introduced Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet.

In 1991 the municipality of Vojnić had a population of 8,236. 7,366 (89.43%) were Serbs, 436 (5.29%) were Muslims, 116 (1.40%) were Croats and 318 (3.86%) were others.

Until 1918, Vojnić (named VOINIC in 1850) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, after the compromise of 1867), in the Croatian Military Frontier. It was administered by the SZLUINER Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment N°IV before 1881. Vojnić became a district capital in the Modruš-Rijeka County in the Kingdom.

Coordinates: 45°19′26″N 15°41′48″E / 45.32389°N 15.69667°E / 45.32389; 15.69667


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