Nova Sela, Kula Norinska

Nova Sela
Village
Nova Sela Location of Nova Sela in Croatia
Coordinates: 43°06′04″N 17°33′32″E
Country	Croatia
County	Dubrovnik–Neretva
Municipality	Kula Norinska
Area [1]
• Total	10.9 km^2 (4.2 sq mi)
Elevation	53 m (174 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	29
• Density	2.7/km^2 (6.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Nova Sela is a village between Metković and Vrgorac in the Kula Norinska municipality.

History

The locality contains stećci from the 15th century. Emigrants from Herzegovina led by serdar Mate Bebić settled in Nova Sela after the Ottomans lost the village. Italian soldiers burnt down the original parish church in 1943 during World War II. After the conflict, Nova Sela was in the Borovci parish. A renovated building served as the church of the undivided parish. Today's Nova Sela parish was established on 26 September 1957.[3]

Architecture

Church of Saint Anthony

The church is located in the nearby Kulina. A chapel used to be there since at least 1774, when a marriage is recorded. It was torn down in 1830 and today's church was built. Its dimensions are 15x6 metres. The apse is squared and there's a sixteen-pointed rosette on the front. The belfry has three bells. A new altar was placed in 1965 when the bishop was Veselko Leutić. Thorough renewals happened in 1988 when the bishop was Dušan Brečić. A concrete platform was also built with a balcony for the bells. During the time of bishop Dušan Brečić in the late 1990s, it was removed because it had been considered unpleasant. A new roof was built in September 2003 during the time of bishop Ljubo Pavić, and the belfry was repaired.[3]

The Church of Saint Anthony

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1880	320	—
1890	376	+17.5%
1900	431	+14.6%
1910	449	+4.2%
1921	524	+16.7%
1931	471	−10.1%
1948	428	−9.1%
1953	449	+4.9%
1961	432	−3.8%
1971	228	−47.2%
1981	107	−53.1%
1991	66	−38.3%
2001	55	−16.7%
2011	36[6]	−34.5%
2021	32[5]	−11.1%
Source: Census [4]

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. "Župa sv. Ante Padovanskog - Nova Sela". Splitsko-makarska nadbiskupija (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
4. "Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija - broj stanovnika po naseljima Borovci". Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
5. Popis stanovništva, kućanstava i stanova 2021. – prvi rezultati Popisane osobe, kućanstva i stambene jedinice, prvi rezultati popisa 2021. po naseljima (in Croatian). Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske. 2022. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022.
6. "1. STANOVNIŠTVO PREMA STAROSTI I SPOLU PO NASELJIMA, POPIS 2011". Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske. Archived from the original on 2013-11-15. Retrieved 2022-02-19.

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