Kupjak
Village in Croatia
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Kupjak is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway.
Kupjak | |
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Village | |
Church of St. Vitus in Kupjak | |
 Interactive map of Kupjak | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar County |
| Municipality | Ravna Gora |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.3 km2 (3.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 176 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
History
In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (Croatian: Spisi o gradnji cesta u Gorskom Kotaru i Lici), today with signature HR-ZaNSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues ... der Luisenstrasse together with a translation by I. Mikloušić is kept as HR-ZaNSK R 4572.[3]: 223
The volunteer fire department DVD Kupjak was founded in 1929, and is today part of the VZ općine Ravna Gora.[4] Its current commander is Igor Špoljarić.[5][6]
The Italians withdrew from Kupjak on 25 January 1942. The Italians did not leave those towns along the railway, which they fortified with barbed wire.[7]
On 12 December 2017, a severe wind hit Kupjak, blocking traffic to and from it along the Kupjak-Stubica road.[8][9]
Demographics
| population | 560 | 506 | 496 | 417 | 400 | 425 | 377 | 412 | 386 | 394 | 358 | 373 | 353 | 312 | 270 | 227 | 176 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Governance
Local
It is the seat of the Local Committee of Kupjak, encompassing itself, Leskova Draga and Šije.[10]
Gallery
Field of Kupjak
Trail near Kupjak
House in Rogi hamlet
Plaque commemorating Marija and Kazimir Kruljac
Ruins on the way to Šubetov most
