Sveti Rok

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Sveti Rok is a village in the Lovinac municipality, in Lika–Senj County, Croatia. Today it is best known as the eponym of the Sveti Rok Tunnel, whose northern entrance is south of the village. In the 2011 census, Sveti Rok had a population of 292, and the majority were Croats.

History

Until 1918, Sveti Rok (named Sanct Roch before 1850) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia after the compromise of 1867), in the Croatian Military Frontier, Likaner Regiment N°I. The village named after Saint Roch.

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