Vojnić


Vojnić 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. Vojnić is underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the First Category Area of Special State Concern by the Government of Croatia.

Languages and names

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.

Demographics

In 1991 the municipality of Vojnić had a population of 8,236. 7,366 were Serbs, 436 were Muslims, 116 were Croats and 318 were others.
According to the 2011 census, the municipality consists of 46 settlements:
Until 1918, Vojnić was part of the Austrian monarchy, 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.

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