Tržac is a village in the
municipality
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Cazin
Cazin ( sr-cyrl, Цазин) is a city located in Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Bosanska Krajina region, near the borde ...
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Una-Sana Canton
The Una-Sana Canton (Serbian and / Унско-сански кантон; ) is one of the ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the northwest of the country and has been ...
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Bosanska Krajina
Bosanska Krajina ( sr-cyrl, Босанска Крајина, ) is a geographical region, a subregion of Bosnia, in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is enclosed by a number of rivers, namely the Sava (north), Glina (northwest), Vrbanja and Vrba ...
region, western
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Geography
It is located close to the border with
Croatia
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, lying on hillside terrain above the
Korana
The Korana is a river in central Croatia and west Bosnia and Herzegovina. The river has a total length of and watershed area of .
The river's name is derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*karr-'' 'rock'. It was recorded in the 13th century as '' ...
river and its right tributary
Mutnica. The climate is medium continental, with cold winters and warm summers.
History
Throughout its history, Tržac appeared for the first time in the 11th century as a settlement in the central part of medieval
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* Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102), an independent medieval kingdom
* Croatia in personal union with Hungary (1102–1526), a kingdom in personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary
* Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg) (152 ...
. From the 13th century the village and its surrounding area (including
Tržac Castle) were owned by members of the prominent Croatian
Frankopan family, even giving the name to one of the family branches (Tržački). The
Ottomans conquered it by the end of the 16th century, pushing the Croatian defenders to the west, and populated the area with Muslim inhabitants. In the following centuries this area was called
Turkish Croatia and finally renamed to Bosanska Krajina in the 19th century.
Demographics
According to the 2013 census, its population was 318.
See also
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Cazin
Cazin ( sr-cyrl, Цазин) is a city located in Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in northwest Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Bosanska Krajina region, near the borde ...
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Una-Sana Canton
The Una-Sana Canton (Serbian and / Унско-сански кантон; ) is one of the ten cantons of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the northwest of the country and has been ...
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Frankopan family tree This is the family tree of the House of FrankopanFine 2006, p. 567 (Counts of Krk, Senj and Modruš), a Croatian noble family, from 1115 to 1671.
See also
* House of Frankopan
* List of rulers of C ...
References
External links
Federal Bureau of statistics – official number of inhabitantsFrom the history of TržacPhotosVideo
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Populated places in Cazin