Selce is a

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. It is connected by the D8 highway.

History

In the 13th

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, as part of the old Croatian

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of Bribir, Selce came into the possession of the

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. This event significantly influenced the development of Selce as a

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town. Between 1871 and 1875, Selce obćina, Grižane obćina, Belgrad obćina, Drvenik obćina, Sveta Jelena obćina and Sveti Jakov obćina were all merged as Grižane-Crkvenica obćina. The last two days of November 2008, the maximum wave height as recorded at nearby Bakar reached a record. Little rain fell, but the city was flooded anyway thanks to a strong

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wind. Firefighters had to pump water from basements and the HEP had to repair broken power lines. Some of the Selce's beaches lost all their sand during the storm. On 16 September 2017, the and Suha Ričina Novljanska streams overflowed, flooding Selce,

Crikvenica Crikvenica () is a town in west Croatia, located on the Adriatic in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Names The names of the town in various languages include: * * * * Geography Crikvenica is located southeast of Rijeka and is the largest s ...

and

Novi Vinodolski Novi Vinodolski (, often also called Novi or ''Novi del Vinodol'' o ''Novi in Valdivino'' in Italian) is a town on the Adriatic Sea coast in Croatia, located south of Crikvenica, Selce and Bribir and north of Senj. The population of Novi is 3,9 ...

. This was after of rain fell by 6:00.

2012 Crikvenica fire

In 2012, the most dangerous fire on record in Vinodol, and of the largest, happened near Selce, encompassing of mostly forest. At 8:35 on 23 July, smoke was noticed in uphill from Selce. Att 8:36, the ''DVD Bribir'' left to fight it, and at 8:38 the ''JVP Grada Crikvenice'' joined them. At 8:50, the commander of the ''JVP'' declared the 2nd degree of the Operative Plan (), mobilising in addition to the aforementioned the ''DVD "San Marino" Novi Vinodolski''. At 9:15, this was increased to the 3rd degree by the Županija commander. By 9:30, there were 87 firefighters and 16 vehicles on the scene. Carried by a powerful bura, the fire reached the residential area Studenčić above the D8, triggering active defence of the ''Rabkomerc'' and ''DPD'' auto service buildings together with adjacent buildings, but the fire spread across the D8 anyway around 10:00. It took a total of 550 firefighters, 105 vehicles, 47 foresters and so on, to stop put the fire out on the 24th.

Demographics

In 1895, the ''obćina'' of Selce (court at Selce), with an area of , belonged to the ''kotar'' of Novi (Novi court but Selce

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) in the Modruš-Rieka ''županija'' (

Ogulin Ogulin () is a town in central Croatia, in Karlovac County. It has a population of 7,389 (2021) (it was 8,216 in 2011), and a total municipal population of 12,251 (2021). Ogulin is known for its historic stone castle, known as Kula, and the nearby ...

court and financial board). There were 344 houses, with a population of 1445 (the lowest in Novi kotar). Its 3 villages were encompassed for taxation purposes by a single ''porezna obćina'', under the Bakar office.

History

2012 Crikvenica fire

Demographics

References

Further reading

About the fire