Komić Explained

Official Name:Komić
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:44.45°N 60°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Lika-Senj
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Udbina
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:36.2
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:14
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code

Komić (Serbian: Комић) is a village in the Udbina municipality in the Lika region of central Croatia. The 2011 population was 20.

History

Near the village once was the Fort Komić which was built by Kurjaković family in the 14th century.

Nine elderly Serb civilians were massacred by the Croatian Army in the aftermath of Operation Storm in August 1995.[2]

Demographics

The 1712–14 census of Lika and Krbava registered 349 inhabitants, out of whom 348 were Serbian Orthodox ("Vlach"), 1 were Catholic Bunjevci.[3]

The 1991 population was 153, 99% ethnic Serbs.

Notable people

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Milekic . Sven . Tragic Search for Victims of Croatia's Operation Storm . BalkanInsight . BIRN . 3 August 2017.
  3. Book: Šarić, Marko. Željko Holjevac. 2009. Identitet Like: Korijeni i razvitak. 1. Predmoderne etnije u Lici i Krbavi prema popisu iz 1712./14.. Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar. Zagreb. Croatian. 978-953-6666-65-2. 375. 2018-02-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924073300/http://www.pilar.hr/images/stories/dokumenti/lika/lika_1_mail_r_325.pdf. 2015-09-24. dead.