Drežnica, Croatia

Drežnica
Drežnica
Village
	The Serbian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos
	Drežnica
	Coordinates: 45°08′11″N 15°05′25″E / 45.13629°N 15.09041°E
Country	Croatia
County	Karlovac
Elevation	465 m (1,526 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	516
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	47313 Drežnica
Area code(s)	+385 047

Drežnica is a village in Croatia near the town of Ogulin. During the SFR Yugoslavia era, it was known as Partizanska Drežnica due to the village having a Yugoslav Partisan base during the Second World War.

Population[]

According to the 2011 census, Drežnica had 516 inhabitants.^[1]

Notable people[]

NBA player Pete Maravich's paternal grandparents immigrated from Drežnica to the United States.^[2]

References[]

^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Drežnica". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ Politika (4 January 2018). "Velikan NBA srpskog porekla" (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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[census2011-1] "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Drežnica". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

[Politika_ref-2] Politika (4 January 2018). "Velikan NBA srpskog porekla" (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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