Lički Osik 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
Croatia
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situated 8 km north-east from
Gospić
Gospić () is a town in the mountainous and sparsely populated region of Lika, Croatia. It is the administrative centre of Lika-Senj County. Gospić is located near the Lika River in the middle of a karst field ( Ličko Polje).
Gospić is the ...
. It is connected by the
D25 highway.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census,
the village of Lički Osik has 1914 inhabitants. This represents 66.34% of its pre-
war
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population according to the 1991 census.
The 1991 census
[Izdanje Državnog zavoda za statistiku RH: Narodnosni sastav stanovništva RH od 1880-1991. godine.] recorded that 54.42% 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 ...
(1570/2885), 40.07% were
Croats
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(1156/2885), 3.09% were
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Jugoslaveni'', Serbian and Macedonian ''Jugosloveni''/Југословени; sl, Jugoslovani) is an identity that was originally designed to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has b ...
(89/2885) while 2.42% were of other ethnic origin (70/2885).
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NOTE: The 1981 and 1991 figures include Budak population.
Gallery
File:Licki_Osik_snijeg_skola.jpg, Park and primary school in Lički Osik
File:Crkva_HR.94.jpg, Roman Catholic church in Lički Osik
References
Populated places in Lika-Senj County
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