Kraljevica

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Kraljevica
Coordinates: 45°12′52″N14°35′51″E / 45.21444°N 14.59750°E / 45.21444; 14.59750
CountryFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
County Flag of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.png Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Government
 • MayorDalibor Čandrlić (HDZ)
 • City Council
13 members [1]
Area
[2]
 •  Town
17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
 • Urban
5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [3]
 •  Town
4,066
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
 •  Urban
2,415
 • Urban density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website kraljevica.hr

Kraljevica (known as Porto Re in Italian and literally translated as "King's cove" in English) is a town in the Kvarner region of Croatia, located between Rijeka and Crikvenica, approximately thirty kilometers from Opatija and near the entrance to the bridge to the island of Krk. The population of the settlement of Kraljevica itself is 2,857 with a total of 4,618 in the area of the town of Kraljevica, which is part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, and includes Šmrika. [4] The town is known for its shipyard which has built a number of ships for the Croatian navy.

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History

Kraljevica is a town that was written about as early as the 13th century. Today, in addition to having the oldest shipyard on the Adriatic, [5] Kraljevica's skyline is dominated by two medieval castles and a church of the Croatian nobles Zrinski and Frankopan. Kraljevica's shipyard employed Josip Broz Tito, the former leader of Yugoslavia, during the first half of the 20th century in his early years of organizing for the Communist Party. After he became marshal of Yugoslavia following World War II, the shipyard took his name, until democratic changes in the 1990s. Kraljevica was the site of an Italian-run concentration camp during WW II.

Today Kraljevica is also a popular tourist destination on the Adriatic coast. The Krk Bridge is located nearby, in the southeast part of the city.

Population

Town of Kraljevica: Population trends 1857–2021
population
3120
3184
2839
3012
3240
3318
3987
3303
2917
3521
3435
3840
4254
4513
4579
4618
4066
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

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References

  1. ↑ "Konačni rezultati izbora" (PDF) (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata   Q119585703.
  3. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  4. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Kraljevica". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Brodogradilište Kraljevica ide u stečaj". hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. HINA. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

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