Hreljin

Hreljin
Hreljin Location of Hreljin in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°16′59″N14°35′56″E / 45.283°N 14.599°E / 45.283; 14.599
Country	Croatia
Area [1]
• Total	35.1 km2 (13.6 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	2,139
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)

Hreljin is a village in western Croatia, just southeast of Bakar and northeast of Kraljevica, above Bay of Bakar (Croatian : Bakarski zaljev).

Hreljin administratively belongs to the city of Bakar, situated in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County - Primorsko-goranska županija.

The village includes the hamlets of Solnice (center of village), Pod Solnice, Biljin, Raskrizje, Stara cesta, Copovsko, Knezovo, Tursko, Vidasko, Sobolsko, Zastene, Gaj, Maj, Lonja, Glavicina, Dorisko, Placa, Kalac, Dragisino, Hrustica, Popelisce, Princica, Kalvarija, Cerkul, Fister, Melnice and Plase.

History

Legend claims that a Greek named Herkul founded the village.

In 1228 Hreljin signed the Vinodol act making Hreljin Castle one of nine Vinodol castles.

Gallery

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  From above
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  Sv. Jurja church

See also

• Desinec
• Hrvace

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata   Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.

Further reading

• Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža (2013–2024). "Hreljin". Hrvatska enciklopedija (online ed.). Archived from the original on 2024-04-05.

Dialectology

• Brabec, Ivan (1966). "Mješoviti govori na sjevernoj periferiji hrvatskosrpskog jezika". Ljetopis Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. 77: 421–425. ISSN   0373-9902.

History

• Laszowski, Emilij (1923). "Hreljin". Gorski kotar i Vinodol: Dio državine knezova Frankopana i Zrinskih (Mjestopisne i povjesne crtice) (PDF). Zagreb: Matica hrvatska, 🖶 Tiskara "Narodnih novina" (published 1924-01-12). pp. 151–163. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-08-12. Online publication 2016-01-09.

45°16′56″N14°36′03″E / 45.28222°N 14.60083°E / 45.28222; 14.60083