Birovača

Birovača (Serbian Cyrillic: Бировача)[1] is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D218 highway.

Birovača Бировача (Serbian)[1]
Village
Birovača
Birovača
Coordinates: 44°35′23″N 15°57′42″E
Country	Croatia
County	Lika-Senj County
Municipality	Donji Lapac
Elevation	777 m (2,549 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	77
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	53250 Donji Lapac
Area code(s)	+385 (53)

During the Croatian War of Independence, Birovača was in the Republic of Serbian Krajina.

Population

According to the 2011 census, Birovača had 77 inhabitants.[2]

Population[3]
1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
0	0	0	335	446	403	371	425	331	325	306	292	238	247	103	77

Note: From 1857-1880 data is include in settlement of Dnopolje. Till 1931 it was part of settlement (hamlet).

1991 census

According to the 1991 census, settlement of Birovača had 247 inhabitants, which were ethnically declared as this:

Birovača
1991
total: 247   Serbs 239 (96.76%)   Macedonians 6 (2.42%)   nondeclared 1 (0.40%)   regionaly declared 1 (0.40%)

Austro-hungarian 1910 census

According to the 1910 census, settlement of Birovača had 403 inhabitants in 4 hamlets, which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Population by language	Croatian or Serbian
Birovača	192
Dnopoljski Trnovac	52
Lapačka Korita	51
Opačića Dolina	108
Total	403 (100%)

Population by religion	Eastern Orthodox	Roman Catholics
Birovača	191	1
Dnopoljski Trnovac	52	-
Lapačka Korita	51	-
Opačića Dolina	108	-
Total	402 (99.75%)	1 (0.24%)

Literature

• Savezni zavod za statistiku i evidenciju FNRJ i SFRJ, popis stanovništva 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. i 1991. godine.
• Knjiga: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880-1991: po naseljima, autor: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;

References

1. Government of Croatia (October 2013). "Peto izvješće Republike Hrvatske o primjeni Europske povelje o regionalnim ili manjinskim jezicima" (PDF) (in Croatian). Council of Europe. p. 36. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Birovača". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
3. - Republika Hrvatska - Državni zavod za statistiku: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001.