- Gvozd
Gvozd (formerly "Vrginmost",
Serbian Cyrillic : Вргинмост) is a town and a municipality inSisak-Moslavina County ,Croatia .History
In
1097 , the last nativeCroatia n KingPetar Svačić was killed in Gvozd during theBattle of Gvozd Mountain , leading to the mountain being called Petrova Gora ("Petar's Mountain").Gvozd was also known as Vrginmost. The name was changed after the war.Fact|date=August 2007
During the
Croatian War of Independence , Gvozd, along with other towns, was a part of the unrecognized breakawayRepublic of Serbian Krajina . It was liberated by the Croatian army duringOperation Storm .Population/Demographics
The municipality had big population changes in various censuses, possibly because of war and because of frequent border changes of municipalities in Croatia.
* In the 1961 census there were 11,972 people in the municipality, 11584 being Serbs and 340 being Croats.Fact|date=February 2008
* In the 1971 census there were 21536 people in the municipality, 16337 being Serbs and 4866 being Croats.Fact|date=February 2008
* In the 1981 census there were 18841 people in the municipality, 13450 being Serbs and 4130 being Croats.Fact|date=February 2008
* In the 1991 census there were 16,599 people in the municipality, 11.729 (70,66%) being Serbs and 4.043 (24,35%) being Croats.Fact|date=February 2008
* In the 2001 census there were 3,779 people in the municipality, 58% which are Serb and 40% which areCroats . [ [http://www.dzs.hr/hrv/censuses/census2001/Popis/H01_02_02/H01_02_02_zup03.html Population by Nationality, By City/Municipality, 2001 Census] ] 3,575 declared their mother tongue as Croatian, 155 as Serbian, and 49 as other languages. [ [http://www.dzs.hr/hrv/censuses/census2001/Popis/H01_02_03/H01_02_03_zup03.html Population by Mother Tongue, By City/Municipality, 2001 Census] ]References
See also
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Serbs of Croatia
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