Vrhovine

Vrhovine Врховине (Serbian)[1]
Municipality
Municipality of Vrhovine Općina Vrhovine
Coat of arms
Vrhovine Location of Vrhovine in Croatia
Coordinates: 44°50′N 15°35′E / 44.833°N 15.583°E
Country	Croatia
County	Lika-Senj
Government
• Municipal mayor	Milorad Delić (SDSS)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,381
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

the Vrhovine municipality within the Lika-Senj County

Vrhovine (Serbian Cyrillic: Врховине)^[2] is a town and a municipality in Lika-Senj County, Croatia. The municipality is part of Lika.

Languages and names

On the territory of Vrhovine municipality, in addition to Croatian which is official in the whole country, Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet have been introduced as a second official language.^[3]

Population/Demographics

According to 2001 census, Vrhovine had 905 inhabitants of which 55.03% were Serbs and 38.45% were Croats. In the 2011 census, there were 1,381 inhabitants of which 80.23% were Serbs and 12.74% were Croats. The majority of the population of the municipality is elderly. Because of this, the Croatian Ministry of Family Affairs, War Veterans and Intergenerational Solidarity and the United Nations Development Programme secured funding for a centre for the elderly.^[4] The centre was opened by Minister Jadranka Kosor in June, 2008.

References

1. "PETO IZVJEŠĆE REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE O PRIMJENI EUROPSKE POVELJE O REGIONALNIM ILI MANJINSKIM JEZICIMA, page 36" (PDF). Retrieved 27 May 2015.
2. "Minority names in Croatia:Registar Geografskih Imena Nacionalnih Manjina Republike Hrvatske" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-03-08.
3. Izvješće o provođenju ustavnog zakona o pravima nacionalnih manjina i o utošku sredstava osiguranih u državnom proračunu Republike Hrvatske za 2008. godinu za potrebe nacionalnih manjina, Zagreb, 2009.
4. Municipality of Vrhovine Opened a Daily Care Center for the Elderly

Coordinates: 44°51′N 15°25′E / 44.850°N 15.417°E