Plešce
Plešce | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Plešce | |
Plešce | |
| Coordinates: 45°32′43″N 14°41′6″E / 45.54528°N 14.68500°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar County |
| Municipality | Čabar |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.5 km2 (0.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 147 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Plešce is a village in Gorski Kotar region in western Croatia.
History
The volunteer fire department DVD Plešce was founded in 1850, and is today part of the VZ grada Čabra.[3] Its current commander is Venceslav Štimec.[4]
Demographics
In 1895, the općina of Plešce (court at Plešce), with an area of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), belonged to the kotar of Čabar (Čabar court) in the županija of Modruš-Rieka (Ogulin court and financial board). But it was under the electoral district of Delnice. There were 179 houses, with a population of 935 (the smallest in the županija). Its 9 villages and 1 hamlet were encompassed for taxation purposes by a single porezna općina, under the Delnice office.[5]: iv, v
| population | 154 | 142 | 161 | 170 | 172 | 183 | 144 | 165 | 158 | 175 | 176 | 164 | 136 | 178 | 159 | 140 | 147 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Governance
National
At the 1920 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Constitutional Assembly election in Modruš-Rijeka County, Plešce voted mainly for the HPSS.[6]: 596
| Year | Voters | Electors | NRS | DSD | KPJ | HPSS | Independent | SS | HSP | HZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 295 | 80 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Sports
Beginning in 2013,[7] the 7 stage 260 kilometres (160 mi) long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar (Croatian: Goranska biciklistička transverzala) passes through Plešce.[8]
Attractions
The 211 square metres (2,270 sq ft) PP park was built in the 1990s, designed by N. Kvas.[9]
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Plešce include:
- Petar Klepac, legendary figure
References
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Jagodin, Nikola; Runjić, Vedran (2022). "Popis vatrogasnih organizacija s datumima osnivanja" [List of Firefighting Organisations with Date of Founding]. Muzej hrvatskog vatrogastva (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2023-01-30.
- ^ n.s. (2015–2025). "Požarno područje Gorski kotar III - ČABAR". Vatrogasna zajednica Primorsko-goranske županije. Archived from the original on 2025-03-29.
- ^ Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured (1895). "Glavni pregled područja županija, upravnih kotara i obćina, sudbenih stolova, sudbenih kotara, financijalnih ravnateljstva, poreznih ureda i izbornih kotara". Političko i sudbeno razdieljenje kralj. Hrvatske i Slavonije i Repertorij prebivališta po stanju od 31. svibnja 1895. Zagreb: Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada. pp. I–XXVII.
- ^ a b Уставотворна скупштина (1921). Статистички преглед избора народних посланика за Уставотворну скупштину Краљевине Срба, Хрвата и Словенаца : извршених на дан 28. новембра 1920. год (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Krmpotić, Marinko (2013-11-21). "Gorski kotar Bike: Goranska biciklistička transverzala duga 260 km". Novi list. ISSN 0350-4301. Archived from the original on 2025-03-28.
- ^ n.s. (2020). "Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar stages". Gorski kotar Bike.
- ^ Vahtar-Jurković, Koraljka; Obad Šćitaroci, Mladen (2017-12-31). "Pejsažno i perivojno naslijeđe Gorskoga kotara" [Landscape and Park Heritage of Gorski Kotar]. Prostor: Znanstveni časopis za arhitekturu i urbanizam (in Croatian). 25 (2): 328–341. doi:10.31522/p.25.2(54).11.
Further reading
History
- Smole, Marko (2017). Deset let Etnološke zbirke Palčava šiša:, Plešce: s poročilom o 10. etnološki raziskovalni delavnici (Deset godina Etnološke zbirke Palčičeva šiša: sa izveštajem o 10. etnološkoj istraživačkoj radionici). Translated by Malnar, Slavko. Ogranak Matice hrvatske. ISBN 978-953-7541-56-9. Online publication 2018-02-26.
- Smole, Marko (2005). ""Palčava šiša" - poldrugo stoletje družine Čop iz obmejne vasi Plešce". Glasnik Slovenskega etnološkega društva. 45 (4): 128–132. ISSN 0351-2908. Online publication 2018-04-17. Croatian translation: Smole, Marko (2006-01-05). "Palčava šiša: Stoljeće i pol obitelji Čop iz pograničnog sela Plešce". Etnološka istraživanja (11): 335–342. ISSN 0351-4323.
- English translation: Smole, Marko (2006-01-05). "Palčava šiša: A Century and a Half of the Čop Family from the Border Village of Plešce". Etnološka istraživanja (11): 343–351. ISSN 0351-4323.
Tourism
- Hirc, Dragutin (1898) [written 1898-02-08]. "Turke, Plešce i Sv. gora". Gorski kotar: slike, opisi i putopisi. Illustrated by Václav Lev Anderle. Zagreb: 🖶 Lavoslav Hartman (Kugli i Deutsch). pp. 116–120. Republished as Hirc, Dragutin (1993) [written 1898-02-08]. "Turke, Plešce i Sv. gora". Gorski kotar: slike, opisi i putopisi. Illustrated by Václav Lev Anderle. Rijeka: 🖶 Tiskara Rijeka. pp. 116–120. ISBN 953-158-004-9.