Divoselo

Divoselo (Serbian Cyrillic: Дивосело) is a village in the Gospić municipality in the Lika region of central Croatia. It is located near Gospić, connected by the D25 highway. The 2011 census registered 4 residents. The 1991 census registered 344 residents, out of whom 304 were ethnic Serbs. The Serb community was ethnically cleansed from the area during the Operation Medak Pocket (September 1993) of the Croatian War (1991–95), when the Croatian Army took it from the break-away Republic of Serbian Krajina. Earlier, the Battle of Gospić (1991) included firefights between the Yugoslav People's Army and the Croatian National Guard in the village.

Divoselo
Village
Divoselo
Coordinates: 44°29′46″N 15°21′51″E
Country Croatia
CountyLika-Senj
MunicipalityGospić
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total4
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The 1712–14 census of Lika and Krbava registered 589 inhabitants, all of whom were Serbian Orthodox ("Vlach").[2]

Demographics

Historical population 1857-2011 [1][3][4][5]


Notable natives and residents
  • Nada Dimić (1923–1942) - antifascist, partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia
  • Mile Počuča (1899–1980) - antifascist, partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia[6]

References
  1. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Divoselo". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  2. Šarić, Marko (2009). "Predmoderne etnije u Lici i Krbavi prema popisu iz 1712./14.". In Željko Holjevac (ed.). Identitet Like: Korijeni i razvitak (PDF) (in Croatian). 1. Zagreb: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar. p. 375. ISBN 978-953-6666-65-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  3. Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857-2001, www.dzs.hr
  4. "Slavno Divoselo spalo na četvero stanovnika". portalnovosti.com (in Serbian). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. "Borimo se za svaki dah, za svaki dan". portalnovosti.com (in Croatian). 16 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  6. "Gojko Matić: Heroj selo Divoselo / Gojko Matić: Heroic village of Divoselo". maz.h,Gojko Matić (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 July 2018.


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