Krnjak


Krnjak is a village and a municipality in Karlovac County, Croatia.

Languages and names

On the territory of Krnjak municipality, along with Croatian which is official in the whole country, as a second official language has been introduced Serbian language and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet.

Population

There are a total of 1,985 inhabitants in the municipality, 68.6% which are Serbs and 29.2% which are Croats. By mother tongue there are 1,620 Croatian speakers, 201 Serbian speakers and 164 speakers of other languages. The municipality is part of Kordun.

Settlements

The settlements in the municipality are:
Hrvatsko Žariste, once called Partizansko Žariste, was famous for its elementary school, that was founded by family Vidić.