Vrbnik

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Vrbnik
Municipality of Vrbnik
Općina Vrbnik
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Vrbnik
Location of Vrbnik within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°05′N14°40′E / 45.083°N 14.667°E / 45.083; 14.667
Country Croatia
County Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Government
  MayorMarija Dujmović Pavan
Area
[1]
   Municipality
52.6 km2 (20.3 sq mi)
  Urban
29.8 km2 (11.5 sq mi)
Elevation
49 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2021) [2]
   Municipality
1,190
  Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
   Urban
887
  Urban density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
51516
Area code 051
Website opcina-vrbnik.hr

Vrbnik is a village and a municipality on the east coast of the island of Krk. The village is perched on a limestone outcropping 50 m above the Adriatic Sea.

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Vrbnik is naturally separated from mainland Croatia by the Vinodol Channel, where the towns of Crikvenica and Novi Vinodolski can be observed across the sea. Since 1980 the island has been connected to mainland Croatia via the Krk Bridge.

Vrbnik has a long history of 900 years, it was an important Frankopan castle, and a Glagolitic and religious center. [3]

Originally a walled town, Vrbnik was established in medieval times. According to the 2021 census, the settlement of Vrbnik itself has a population of 887 with a total of 1,190 people in the municipality, which includes three other nearby settlements; Garica with 138 inhabitants, Kampelje with 11 inhabitants and Risika with 154 inhabitants. [2]

Culture

The Vrbnik Statute (Croatian : Vrbnički statut) was written in 1388 and confirms the status of Vrbnik as an administrative and political center. The town is also known through the folk song "Verbniče nad moren" or Verbniče nad moru" (Oh Vrbnik over the Sea), sung as far away as White Carniola in Slovenia.

Places of cultural significance include the Vitezić library, the Gothic Chapel of the Rosary and the Chapel of St. John in the Parish Church of the Assumption, and a collection of ancient manuscripts and Glagolitic manuscripts housed at the parish church.

Vrbnik is known for its indigenous varietal of white wine called Žlahtina .

Vrbnik also claims to contain the world's narrowest street — Ulica Klančić is about 40–50 cm (1.3–1.6 ft) wide. [4] [5] [6]

Notable residents

See also

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.
  3. "VRBNIK | Vrbnik". vrbnik.hr (in Croatian). 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  4. "Vrbnik ima najužu ulicu na svijetu". Hotel Argentum.
  5. "Webcam Vrbnik". www.hike.uno.
  6. "Najwęższa ulica świata i nurkowanie we Vrbnik". September 2, 2018.
  7. Milčetić 1912.

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