Cetina, Croatia Explained

Official Name:Cetina
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Coordinates:43.9678°N 16.4322°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Šibenik-Knin
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Civljane
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:61.7
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:124
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Cetina (Serbian: Цетина)[2] is a small village, administratively located in the Civljane Municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. According to the 2011 census, the village had 195 inhabitants.

Geography

Located in inland Dalmatia, north from the town of Vrlika, on the route between towns of Knin and Vrlika, Cetina village spreads on 50.98 km2, on the field near the spring of river Cetina, on altitude of approximately 380 m, just under south base of mountain Dinara. Parts of a settlement are hamlets: Dolac nad Lukovačom, Dražica u Lukovači, Jarčište, Lukovača, Nad Glavicom, Nad Lukovačom, Njiva u Lukovači, Podić, Podunište, Sjenokos, Unište, Vaganac and Ždrilo.

History

In the 9th century, probably during the time of Duke Branimir, the old Church of Holy Salvation (Crkva Sv. Spasa) was built in the village.[3] It is one of the oldest and best preserved monuments of the early Croatian sacral architecture.

The Serbian Orthodox Church of the Ascension of the Lord (Hram Vaznesenja Gospodnjeg) was built in 1940 by Marko Četnik and his wife Jelena on the spring of river Cetina. The church was rebuilt in 1974.

Demographic history

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External links

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Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima . October 2013 . Government of Croatia . . 36 . hr . 30 November 2016.
  3. "They were built in the following order: Lopuška glavica and Žažvić in the mid century, St. Saviour at Cetina and St. Cecilia during the reign of prince Branimir, followed by St. Stjepan at Otok built before the year of 976."

  4. Web site: Nestaje najmanja općina u Hrvatskoj.
  5. Web site: SAS Output.