| Official Name: | Korenica |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Korenica |
| Coordinates: | 44.7333°N 57°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lika-Senj |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Plitvička Jezera |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.9 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1563 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Area Code: | +385 53 |
Korenica is a village in Lika, Croatia, located in the municipality of Plitvička Jezera, on the D1 road between Plitvice and Udbina. According to 2011 census it has 1,766 residents. It is the seat of the Plitvička Jezera Municipality.
In SFR Yugoslavia it was named Titova Korenica after Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. The population consists of local ethnic Croats and Serbs, and there are also Croats from Bosnia who moved to Croatia after the Croatian War for Independence.
Korenica has one elementary school and one high school.
The 1712 census of Lika and Krbava records that 119 Vlach (i.e. Serb Orthodox Christian) families live in Korenica.[2] Until 1918, Korenica was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Lika-Krbava County) after the compromise of 1867), in the Croatian Military Frontier, administered by the Kommando Ottotschaner Regiment N°II before 1881. A post-office was opened in 1862.[3]
1991 census:[4]
Serbs 1,519 / 88.51%
Yugoslavs 84 / 4.89%
Croats 49 / 2.85%
Albanians 4 / 0.23%
Muslims 3 / 0.17%
Italians 2 / 0.11%
Hungarians 2 / 0.11%
Slovenians 1 / 0.05%
Montenegrins 1 / 0.05%
undeclared 15 / 0.87%
unknown 36 / 2.09%
NOTE: Population figures for the period 1857–1880 also include population figures for the following settlements: Drakulić Rijeka, Gradina Korenička, Homoljac, Jasikovac, Kalebovac, Kompolje Koreničko, Mihaljevac, Oravac, Ponor Korenički, Šeganovac, Vranovača and Vrpile.