Jablan, Croatia

Jablan is also the name of a village on the Temenica and a village on the . The root forms a component of the name of many settlements, including Jablanac near Senj, Jablanac Jasenovački on the Una and Sava, and Jablanovec near Zagreb. Specifically Jablan is also the name of: • Fields: a field near Klisa • Mountains: a mountain above Jablan itself, a mountain near Biokovo • Roads: a street in Betina, several eponymous streets in villages named Jablan • Streams: a tributary of the Kupa, a tributary of the Miljašić Jaruga • Springs: a spring above Krvavica, a spring in Radusini (Grab) ==History==

On 29 May 1941, the Ustaše arrested 20 Serb and 7 Croat villagers from Jablan, Hajdine, Presika, Stubica and Tuk. All were imprisoned for 8 to 30 days and then released, only to be recaptured shortly after release. Only Ivan Štiglić, Zvonko Matijević and Jovo Stipanović survived. The volunteer fire department DVD Jablan was founded on 31 December 1952, and is today part of the VZ grada Vrbovsko. Its current commander is Sanjin Mamula. Jablan was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm. In 2023, the old road in Jablan and its connection with the županijska cesta were asphalted. ==Demographics==

As of 2021, there were only 15 inhabitants under the age of 20. In 1890, Jablan itself had 29 houses and 161 people. Stara Cesta had 25 houses and 170 people. Lisina had 11 houses and 74 people. Its villagers were under Komorske Moravice Orthodox and Vrbovsko Catholic parishes, and Vrbovsko tax and administrative districts but Senjsko school district. Further reading • • Page 33. ==Governance==

Local As of its foundation on 3 March 2008, it belonged to the of Vrbovsko. But now it has its own local committee. Presidents of local committee: • Dalibor Šišul (2013) • Boris Gudac (2017) Independent • Slaven Kusturin (2021), HDZ ==Infrastructure==

The water storage unit in Lisina, with a capacity of at an elevation of , is also responsible for Jablan. The units Bijela Kosa 1 and Bijela Kosa 2 is responsible for part of Lisina, Jablan and Senjsko. The water pumping station Bijela Kosa affects the water storage units Bijela Kosa 1 and Bijela Kosa 2. Jablan is at a significantly higher elevation than Vrbovsko, which administers it, and receives more and more frequent snow cover. Complaints sometimes arise over the infrequency of road clearing in the winter. ==References==