Jablan is a village in
Croatia
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, under the
Vrbovsko
Vrbovsko ( sr-Cyrl, 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 ...
township, 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 ...
.
History
On 29 May 1941, the Ustaše arrested 20 Serb and 7 Croat villagers from Jablan,
Hajdine
Hajdine ( sr-Cyrl, Хајдине) is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway.
History
In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (), toda ...
,
Presika,
Stubica and
Tuk. All were imrpisoned for 8 to 30 days and then release, only to be recaptured shortly after release. Only Ivan Štiglić, Zvonko Matijević and Jovo Stipanović survived.
The
volunteer fire department
A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. Volunteer and retained (on-call) firefighters are expected to be on call to respo ...
DVD Jablan was founded on 31 December 1952, and is today part of the ''VZ grada Vrbovsko''. Its current commander is Sanjin Mamula.
Jablan was hit by the
2014 Dinaric ice storm
The 2014 Dinaric ice storm, better known as the 2014 Slovenia ice storm or 2014 Croatia ice storm, was a severe ice storm ( SPIA 5) that struck the Northwest Dinaric Alps between 31 January and 2 February 2014. The freezing rain led to glazing of ...
.
In 2023, the old road in Jablan and its connection with the ''županijska cesta'' were asphalted.
Demographics
In 1870, Jablan had 63 houses and 570 people.
In 1890, Jablan itself had 29 houses and 161 people.
Stara Cesta had 25 houses and 170 people.
Lisina had 11 houses and 74 people. Its villagers were under
Komorske Moravice
Moravice (formerly known as Komorske Moravice until 1919, thereafter as Srpske Moravice until 1991) ( sr-Cyrl, Моравице) is a settlement in north-western Croatia, situated at the far east of the mountainous region of Gorski kotar in the Pr ...
Orthodox and
Vrbovsko
Vrbovsko ( sr-Cyrl, 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 ...
Catholic parishes, and Vrbovsko tax and administrative districts but
Senjsko school district.
Further reading
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* Page 33.
Politics
As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it belonged to the of Vrbovsko. But now it has its own local committee.
Presidents of local committee:
* Dalibor Šišul (2013)
* Boris Gudac (2017)
Independent
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* Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...
* Slaven Kusturin (2021),
Infrastructure
The water storage unit in
Lisina, with a capacity of at an elevation of , is also responsible for Jablan. The units ''Bijela Kosa 1'' and ''Bijela Kosa 2'' is responsible for part of Lisina, Jablan and
Senjsko. The water
pumping station
Pumping stations, also called pumphouses, are public utility buildings containing pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. They are critical in a variety of infrastructure systems, such as water supply, Land reclamation, ...
''Bijela Kosa'' affects the water storage units ''Bijela Kosa 1'' and ''Bijela Kosa 2''.
Jablan is at a significantly higher elevation than Vrbovsko, which administers it, and receives more and more frequent snow cover. Complaints sometimes arise over the infrequency of road clearing in the winter.
References
Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
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