Sopač is a village in

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, in the Lokve municipality, in

Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje – Gorski Kotar County (, ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in western Croatia, most of it based in the historical and cultural region called Croatia proper and some of it in Istria, including the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northe ...

History

After the

Lujzijana The Louisiana road () is a roadway in Croatia, built between 1803 and 1812 by an association of noble families ( Lichtenstein, Dietrichstein, Esterházy, Harrach, Batthyány, Anna Maria Erdődy) and designed by Josef Philipp Vukassovich. The ...

was built, the ''Družtvo lujzinske ceste'' constructed two houses in Sopač together with a

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. In 1874, the society would sell all its assets along the road, including those in Sopač. On 16 May, Partisans destroyed part of the railway track between Lučice and Sopač, drailing a train, damaging the

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and 4 wagons.

Demographics

Sports

Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar () passes through Sopač.

References

Bibliography

* Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County {{PrimorjeGorskiKotar-geo-stub