title: Lika-Senj County
text: Lika-Senj County (, ) is a county of Croatia. It includes most of the Lika region and some coastline on the Adriatic. It also includes the northern part of the Pag island. The seat of the county is Gospić.
  
  The county is the least populated (with 50,927 inhabitants in 2011) and one of the poorest. It is the largest Croatian county by area. It includes the Plitvice Lakes National Park and Sjeverni Velebit National Park. These are some of Croatia's major tourist attractions. The county has a total area of 5353 km2.
  
  Administrative divisions
  
  Lika-Senj County is divided into 12 towns and municipalities:
  
   Town of Gospić (county seat)
   Town of Novalja
   Town of Otočac 
   Town of Senj
   Municipality of Brinje
   Municipality of Donji Lapac
   Municipality of Karlobag
   Municipality of Lovinac
   Municipality of Perušić
   Municipality of Plitvička Jezera (Plitvice Lakes)
   Municipality of Udbina
   Municipality of Vrhovine
  
  Demographics 
  
  Since the early 20th century, the county's population has been shrinking. As of the 2011 census, the county had 50,927 residents. The population density is 9.5/km2.
  
  The Croatian State Bureau of Statistics estimated the population of the county to be 45,493 in 2017, and 45,184 in 2018.
  
  Ethnic Croats are the majority. They are 84.15% of the population. Serbs are 13.65%. Serbs are the majority in the municipalities of Vrhovine, Donji Lapac, and Udbina.
  
  In 1991, before the Croatian War of Independence started, Croats were 59.7% of the population and Serbs were 37%. The eastern part of the county was a majority Serbian area.
  
  References
  
  Other websites
  
   
  
  Counties of Croatia