Stari Laz

Stari Laz is a village in Croatia.

History

The volunteer fire department DVD Brod Moravice was founded in 1952, and is today part of the VZ općine Ravna Gora. Its current commander as of 2013 is Hrvoje Stipeć.
At 20:27 on 27 April 2009, the ŽC Rijeka received a call about a barn fire in Stari Laz. The fire was put out at 21:10 by 15 firefighters and 3 vehicles from the JVP Delnice, DVD Ravna Gora, DVD Mrkopalj and DVD Stari Laz.

Demographics

In 1890, Stari Laz itself had 90 houses and 597 people, who variously belonged to either Mrkopalj or Ravna Gora parish. Polička Kosa had 16 houses and 85 people, belonging to the Mrkopalj parish. Kosa had 23 houses and 111 people, belonging to Ravna Gora parish. Stari Laz and Polička Kosa attended school in and were taxed by Stari Laz and were administered by Ravna Gora, which two also taxed and administered Kosa but the latter attended school in Ravna Gora.

Governance

Local

It is the seat of its own.

Sports

Beginning in 2013, the 7 stage long Cycling Trail of Gorski Kotar passes through Stari Laz.
The "Gorski Kotar Bike Tour", held annually since 2012, sometimes goes through Stari Laz, such as in the third leg for 2023.