Cetina ( sr-cyr, Цетина)
is a small village, administratively located in the
Civljane Municipality in
Šibenik-Knin County
Šibenik-Knin County (; hr, Šibensko-kninska županija ) is a county in southern Croatia, located in the north-central part of Dalmatia. The biggest city in the county is Šibenik, which also serves as county seat. Other notable towns in the co ...
,
Croatia
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. According to the
2011 census, the village had 195 inhabitants.
Geography
Located in inland
Dalmatia
Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...
, north from the town of
Vrlika
Vrlika is a small town in inland Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. The closest large towns are Sinj, Knin, and Drniš. Vrlika was given the status of town in 1997. Vrlika is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the ...
, on the route between towns of
Knin
Knin (, sr, link=no, Книн, it, link=no, Tenin) is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagr ...
and Vrlika, Cetina village spreads on 50.98 km
2, on the field near the spring of river
Cetina
Cetina () is a river in southern Croatia. It has a length of and its basin covers an area of . From its source, Cetina descends from an elevation of above sea level to the Adriatic Sea. It is the most water-rich river in Dalmatia.Naklada Naprijed ...
, on altitude of approximately 380 m, just under south base of mountain
Dinara
Dinara is a long mountain range in the Dinaric Alps, located on the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. It has four major mountains or peaks, from north-west to south-east:
* Ilica or Ujilica (1654 m)
* Sinjal or Dinara (1831 m), ep ...
. Parts of a settlement are hamlets: Dolac nad Lukovačom, Dražica u Lukovači, Jarčište, Lukovača, Nad Glavicom, Nad Lukovačom, Njiva u Lukovači, Podić, Podunište, Sjenokos, Unište, Vaganac and Ždrilo.
History
In the 9th century, probably during the time of
Duke Branimir
Branimir ( la, Branimiro) was a ruler of Croatia who reigned as duke ( hr, knez) from 879 to 892. His country received papal recognition as a state from Pope John VIII on 7 June 879. During his reign, Croatia retained its sovereignty from both F ...
, the old
Church of Holy Salvation (''Crkva Sv. Spasa'') was built in the village. It is one of the oldest and best preserved monuments of the early Croatian sacral architecture.
The
Serbian Orthodox
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.
The majority of the population in ...
Church of the Ascension of the Lord (''Hram Vaznesenja Gospodnjeg'') was built in 1940 by Marko Četnik and his wife Jelena on the spring of river Cetina. The church was rebuilt in 1974.
Demographic history
*1857: 606 inhabitants.
*1921: 981 inhabitants.
*1961: 1146 inhabitants.
*1971: 1100 inhabitants.
*1981: 951 inhabitants.
*1991: 853 inhabitants;
Serbs - 793, Croats - 41, Yugoslavs - 2, Others and Unknown - 17.
*2001: 123 inhabitants.
*2011: 195 inhabitants.
References
Sources
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External links
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Populated places in Šibenik-Knin County