Prkos Lasinjski
Village
Prkos Lasinjski is located in Croatia
Prkos Lasinjski
Prkos Lasinjski
Location of Prkos Lasinjski in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°30′18″N 15°48′32″E / 45.50500°N 15.80889°E / 45.50500; 15.80889
Country Croatia
RegionContinental Croatia
CountyKarlovac
MunicipalityLasinja
Area
[1]
 • Total5.3 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Elevation
146 m (479 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total48
 • Density9.1/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
47206 Lasinja
Area code(+385) 047

Prkos Lasinjski is a village in central Croatia, in the municipality of Lasinja, Karlovac County.

History

Prkos Lasinjski suffered heavy demographic losses in the World War II with nearly 480 of its residents perishing. Out of those, 428 people were civilian victims of fascism and 23 were fallen partisans.[3] During the WWII Genocide by the Croatian fascist Ustaše regime, on 21 December 1941, hundreds of Serbs from the village were taken to the Brezje forest and massacred.[4]

Culture

Demographics

According to the 2011 census,[5] the village of Prkos Lasinjski has 52 inhabitants. This represents 36.62% of its pre-war population according to the 1991 census.

The 1991 census[6] recorded that 92.25% of the village population were ethnic Serbs (131/142), 2.11% were ethnic Croats (3/142), 2.82% were Yugoslavs (4/142), while 2.82% were of other ethnic origin (4/142).

'Historical population 1857-2011[5][7]
population
363
403
435
435
570
235
285
288
214
176
142
38
52
1857186918801890190019101921193119481953196119711981199120012011
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics


Sights

  • Memorial to the victims of fascism and fallen partisans in WW2

Notable natives and residents

References

  1. ↑ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ↑ Dušan Baić "Kotar Vrginmost u NO borbi 1941-1945."/"District of Vrginmost during National Liberation War 1941-1945: Prkos Lasinjski", pages 760-789, 1980
  4. ↑ Zatezalo, Đuro (2005). "Radio sam svoj seljački i kovački posao": svjedočanstva genocida. Zagreb: SKD Prosvijeta. p. 126. ISBN 953-6627-79-5.
  5. 1 2 "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Prkos Lasinjski". 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

45°30′18″N 15°48′32″E / 45.50500°N 15.80889°E / 45.50500; 15.80889

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