Grižane-Belgrad is a village in
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Primorje – Gorski Kotar County (, ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in western Croatia, most of it based in the historical and cultural region called Croatia proper and some of it in Istria, including the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northe ...
of
Croatia
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. It is located near
Crikvenica and
Novi Vinodolski. It has a population of 953 (census 2011) and the post code HR-51244.
The modern-day settlement includes the former villages Grižane and Belgrad, and numerous nearby hamlets.
The
Grižane Castle overlooks the village.
History
Between 1871 and 1875,
Selce obćina,
Grižane obćina,
Belgrad obćina,
Drvenik obćina,
Sveta Jelena obćina and
Sveti Jakov obćina were all merged as Grižane-Crkvenica obćina.
Demographics
In 1895, the ''obćina'' of Grižane-Belgrad (court at Grižane), with an area of , belonged to the ''kotar'' of
Novi (Novi court but
Selce electoral district
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) in the
Modruš-Rieka ''županija'' (
Ogulin
Ogulin () is a town in central Croatia, in Karlovac County. It has a population of 7,389 (2021) (it was 8,216 in 2011), and a total municipal population of 12,251 (2021). Ogulin is known for its historic stone castle, known as Kula, and the nearby ...
court and financial board). There were 711 houses, with a population of 4100. Its 23 villages and 14 hamlets were divided for taxation purposes into 2 ''porezne obćine'', under the
Bakar office.
Notable people
*
Giulio Clovio
Juraj Julije Klović (; 1498 – 5 January 1578) was a Croatian-Italian illuminator, miniaturist, and painter born in the Kingdom of Croatia, who was mostly active in Renaissance Italy. He is considered the greatest illuminator of the Italian ...
References
Further reading
* Online publication 2016-01-09.
Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
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