Vojnić Војнић (Serbian) |
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Municipality | ||
Municipality of Vojnić Općina Vojnić |
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Location of Vojnić in Croatia | ||
Coordinates: 45°25′N 15°50′E / 45.417°N 15.833°E | ||
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 |
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