Fužine, Croatia
Fužine is a village and a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia.
Contents
1 Demographics
2 History
3 Tourism
4 Industry
5 Geography
6 Notable people
7 References
Demographics
The total population of Fužine is 1,592, in the following settlements:[1]
Belo Selo, population 50
Benkovac Fužinski, population 33
Fužine, population 685
Lič, population 504
Slavica, population 33
Vrata, population 287
History
Fužine is a town that was built in the 17th century when the House of Zrinski opened an iron mine in this area of Gorski Kotar. Fužine got its name from blacksmiths, because there were many blacksmiths in Fužine fixing carriages. Significant events include the 1727 construction of the Karolina road connecting Bakar with Karlovac, and the coming of the Zagreb-Rijeka railroad in 1873.
Tourism
Fužine has a long tourism tradition. A lot of people started to come Fužine to get away from the city life. The town has the advantage of being close to the sea (20 min of drive), but still offer a cool night due to mountain location. In Fužine you have a lot of bike routes and hiking trails. The cave Vrelo is opened for tourist throughout whole year. The cave is also accessible for people with wheelchair, and other disabilities.
Fužine also has a lot of festivities during the year:
- Summer in Fužine - concerts, sport competitions
- Big New Year's Eve party in the noon
- Lake regatta
- World championship in underwater orientation
- Fishing contest
Industry
Fužine has couple of saw mills. In Fužine there is also a big plant called Drvenjača d.d. for producing cellulose pulp for paper manufacturing.
Geography
Lake Bajer is spanned by the Bajer Bridge that carries the A6 motorway traffic.
There are three large man-made lakes (Bajer and Lepenica) and one small lake (Potkoš) in Fužine.
All the lakes are used for generating electricity. There is also a cave in Fužine that is called Vrelo.
The town area is surrounded by the mountains of Tuhobić, Viševica, and Bitoraj.
Notable people
Krešo Golik, movie maker
Franjo Rački, historian
Viktor Bubanj, general and National Hero of Yugoslavia
Dario Knežević, football player
References
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Fužine". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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Coordinates: 45°18′0″N 14°43′12″E / 45.30000°N 14.72000°E / 45.30000; 14.72000
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