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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]National
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]The 211 square metres (2,270 sq ft) PP park was built in the 1990s, designed by N. Kvas.[9]
Notable people
[edit]Notable people that were born or lived in Plešce include:
- Petar Klepac, legendary figure
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]History
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
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