Blata is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

in the Lika region of

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, in the municipality of

Saborsko Saborsko is a village and municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia. The municipality is part of the Lika region. Geography It is country-side mountain resort, situated in a curved, long and narrow valley. The altitude of the place is 630–900 ...

Karlovac County Karlovac County ( hr, Karlovačka županija) is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac. The city of Karlovac is a fort from the times of the Military Frontier. It was built as a six-side star fort in the 16th c ...

History

Culture

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the village of Blata has 54 inhabitants. This represents 174.19% of its pre-

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

population according to the 1991 census. The 1991 censusIzdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine. recorded that 96.77% of the village population were ethnic

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

(30/31) and 3.23% were of other ethnic origin (1/31).
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Sights

* Blaćansko lake

Notable natives and residents

References