Krk (town)

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Location of Krk in Croatia
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Krk (Croatia)
Coordinates: 45°01′N14°34′E / 45.017°N 14.567°E / 45.017; 14.567
Country Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
CountyFlag of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.png  Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Island Krk
Government
  MayorDarijo Vasilić (PGS)
  City Council
15 members
Area
[1]
   Town 107.1 km2 (41.4 sq mi)
  Urban
18.4 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2021) [2]
   Town 6,816
  Density64/km2 (160/sq mi)
   Urban
3,935
  Urban density210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
51500
Area code 051
Vehicle registration RI
Website grad-krk.hr

Krk (Italian : Veglia, Chakavian: Velja) is the main settlement of the island of Krk, Croatia.

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Characteristics

It is located on the southwest coast of the island and is the historical seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Krk.

The city is ancient, being among the oldest in the Adriatic Sea. It has been continuously inhabited since ancient times including the Illyrians and later the Romans, and was once part of the Byzantine Theme Dalmatia after the Western Roman Empire had fallen to the barbarians.

Roman ruins can be seen today in some parts of the town, for example mosaics in the houses. The city had also preserved many medieval fortifications, including Frankopan Castle close to the Kamplin park, and part of the city walls built during the five centuries when the Republic of Venice ruled the city.

The main square of the old city is called Kamplin: which is derived from the Latin word "campus", meaning field. During Roman times, a training area was located here close to the thermal Roman spas. The remnants of the temple columns at the square gives witness to a large building from Roman times.

In the 13th century one of the "cadet branches" of the aristocratic Italian Frangipani family settled in the city and gave rise to the Croatian family of the Frankopan. Krk was the last Croatian island to be occupied by the Venetians. Krk and surrounding area were known for large use of glagoljica. In the 19th century the city was center of the Illyrian movement.

The city was once known for its unique Romance language called Vegliotic (one of the two main branches of the extinct Dalmatian language), which was spoken until the early 19th century. There was a large Italian community in the city, but Italy eventually gave up the island in favor of Yugoslavia in 1921 (when the city was officially called Krk for the first time), and many of its Italian-speaking residents subsequently left for Istria and Italy.

The city was temporarily occupied by D'Annunzio in 1921 and twenty years later was integrated into the Italian Province of Fiume between 1941 and 1943. Yugoslav Partisans liberated the city in 1944.

There it is still a small indigenous Italian community, represented within the "Unione Italiana" of Croatia.

Demographics

Town of Krk: Population trends 1857–2021
population
3118
3427
3531
3874
3902
4173
3937
4184
4104
4045
3633
3586
3982
4997
5491
6281
6816
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Settlements

Administratively, the town of Krk comprises 15 settlements. Each of them is listed below, with their respective population as of 2021. [2]

Culture

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References

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