Bunić (Serbian Cyrillic: Бунић[1]) is a village in Lika, Croatia, located in the Udbina municipality, between Korenica and Lički Osik. The population is 133 (census 2011).
Bunić
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![]() The church in Bunić was destroyed in World War II | |
![]() ![]() Bunić Location in Croatia | |
Coordinates: 44.678°N 15.635°E / 44.678; 15.635 | |
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Municipality | Udbina |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 133 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
The 1712–14 census of Lika and Krbava registered 2,058 inhabitants, of whom 2,051 were Vlachs, and 7 were "Turks".[2][3]
In 1743 Ernst Laudon an Austrian generalisimo built a church to commemorate his children who died and were buried in Bunić and in 1746 he planted an oak forest now called by his name.[4]
The place was heavily damaged in the Second World War by the Croatian Ustashe who expelled and erased most Serbs, and greatly damaged the church.[5][6]
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