Official Name: | Jasenice |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 44.2286°N 15.5772°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Dalmatia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Zadar |
Leader Title: | Municipal Mayor |
Leader Name: | Stipe Vulić |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 121.6 |
Area Urban Km2: | 58.1 |
Elevation M: | 129 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1348 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 151 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 23243 |
Area Code: | 023 |
Jasenice is a village and a municipality in the Zadar County, Croatia.
In the 2021 census, there were 1,348 inhabitants in the municipality. The municipality consists of following settlements:
Before 2014, there were only two settlements in the municipality; Jasenice and Zaton Obrovački. In 2014, the settlement of Jasenice was split into three new ones; Jasenice, Maslenica and Rovanjska.[2]
In the 2011 census, there were 1,398 inhabitants in the municipality, of which 1,272 in Jasenice and 126 in Zaton Obrovački. In the 2001 census, 97% of the population were Croats.
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[3] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Jasenice but the elections were not held due to the absence of candidatures.[4]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Croatia. Jasenice is twinned with: