Skrad

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Skrad
Municipality
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Skrad
Location of Skrad within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°25′40.08″N14°54′39.96″E / 45.4278000°N 14.9111000°E / 45.4278000; 14.9111000
Country Croatia
County Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Area
[1]
  Municipality
52.7 km2 (20.3 sq mi)
  Urban
3.0 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
  Municipality
858
  Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
   Urban
568
  Urban density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Website skrad.hr

Skrad is a village and a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia.

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In the 2011 census, there were 1,062 inhabitants, in the following settlements: [3]

In the same census, 97% were Croats. [4]

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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.
  3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Skrad". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Primorje-Gorski kotar". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

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