Bunić, Croatia
Place in Lika-Senj, Croatia
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Bunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бунић[1]) is a village in Lika, Croatia, located in the Udbina municipality, between Korenica and Lički Osik. According to the 2021 census, the village has a population of 96 inhabitants.
History
The 1712–14 census of Lika and Krbava registered 2,058 inhabitants, of whom 2,051 were Vlachs, and 7 were "Turks".[4][5]
In 1743 Ernst Laudon an Austrian generalissimo built a church to commemorate his children who died and were buried in Bunić and in 1746 he planted an oak forest now called by his name.[6]
The place was heavily damaged in the Second World War by the Croatian Ustaše who expelled and erased most Serbs, and greatly damaged the church.[7][8]
The population was 133 as of the 2011 census.
Notable natives and residents
- Dragan Aleksić, artist
- Mirjana Rakić, journalist
- Rade Šerbedžija, actor
