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Karlovac

Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located southwest of Zagreb and northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the A1 highway and the M202 railway.

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Karlovac is a city in central Croatia with a population of about 49,000 that serves as the administrative hub for Karlovac County. It sits strategically between Zagreb and Rijeka, connected to both cities by major highway and rail routes.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Karlovac
Settlement.official_name: Grad Karlovac City of Karlovac
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_flag: Zastava_Grada_Karlovca.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Grb_slob._i_kralj._Grada_Karlovca.svg
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 9
Settlement.pushpin_map: Croatia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Karlovac within Croatia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Central Croatia (Pokuplje)
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.founder: Charles II, Archduke of Austria
Settlement.named_for: Charles II, Archduke of Austria
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Damir Mandić (HDZ)
Settlement.leader_title1: City Council

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Official website

Grad Karlovac

Službena stranica Grada Karlovca. Sadržaj se redovito nadopunjuje novostima iz područja djelatnosti gradske uprave, tvrtki i ustanova, te događanjima u gradu.

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Karlovac
Country: Yugoslavia
Located in: Karlovac County
Population: 49377
Area: 401.1
Elevation: 112
Time zone: Central European Summer Time
Capital of: Karlovac County
Shares border with: Draganić
Official website: www.karlovac.hr
Image: Centar Karlovca- Autor- Igor Čepurkovski.jpg
Dialing code: 047
Licence plate code: KA
Patron saint: Joseph
Connects with: European route E65

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topic's main category: Category:Karlovac
Commons category: Karlovac
twinned administrative body: Tauragė
category for people born here: Category:Births in Karlovac
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Karlovac
category of associated people: Category:People from Karlovac
Commons gallery: Karlovac
native label: Karlovac
inception: 1579-07-13
time of earliest written record: 1579-00-00
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
topic has template: Template:Karlovac
postal code: 47000

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections

Contents

Name
History
19th century
20th century
Description
Climate
Demographics
Settlements
Administrative division
Economy
Culture
Sport
Twin towns – sister cities
Gallery
Notable people
References
Notes
Bibliography
Further reading
Alpinism
External links

==Name== The city was named after its founder, Charles II, Archduke of Austria. The German name Karlstadt or Carlstadt ("Charlestown") has the equivalence in various languages: in Hungarian it is known as Károlyváros, in Italian as Carlovizza, in Latin as Carolostadium, and in Kajkavian dialect and Slovene as Karlovec.

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