Gomirje is a settlement in north-western

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, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski kotar in the

Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar County ( hr, Primorsko-goranska županija, ) is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littoral, and the mountainous region of Gorski kotar. Its center is Rijeka. The ...

. It is part of the

Vrbovsko Vrbovsko ( sr-cyr, Врбовско) is a town in western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County; on its 280 square kilometers area, Vrbovsko features 60 settlements and a t ...

municipality. The population is 343 (as of the 2011 census).

Demographics

Sights

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- the westernmost Serb

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Notable natives and residents

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(1795-1878) - baron, general in the general in

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army and governor of Dalmatia *

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(1918-2002) - antifascist, partisan and

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* Desanka Đorđević (1927-2011) - dancer and folk dance choreographer in the National Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs of Serbia,

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References

Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Serb communities in Croatia {{Croatia-geo-stub