Vrgorac
Town in Split-Dalmatia, Croatia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vrgorac (pronounced [ʋř̩ɡorats]) is a town in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County.
Vrgorac | |
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| Grad Vrgorac Town of Vrgorac | |
 Tin Ujević Street in Vrgorac | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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 Vrgorac Location of Vrgorac in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 43.20°N 17.37°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| Historical region | Dalmatian Hinterland |
| County | Split-Dalmatia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ante Pranić (NLM) |
| Area | |
| 278.6 km2 (107.6 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 13.1 km2 (5.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| 5,698 | |
| • Density | 20/km2 (53/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,132 |
| • Urban density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 21276 |
| Area code | 021 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | vrgorac |
Climate
Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was 41.0 °C (105.8 °F), on 4 August 2017.[3] The coldest temperature was −15.0 °C (5.0 °F), on 7 January 2017.[4]
Demographics
The total population of Vrgorac is 6,572 (census 2011), in the following settlements:[5]
- Banja, population 202
- Dragljane, population 52
- Draževitići, population 203
- Duge Njive, population 105
- Dusina, population 494
- Kljenak, population 86
- Kokorići, population 161
- Kotezi, population 278
- Kozica, population 56
- Mijaca, population 95
- Orah, population 268
- Podprolog, population 355
- Poljica Kozička, population 172
- Prapatnice, population 179
- Rašćane, population 130
- Ravča, population 154
- Stilja, population 320
- Umčani, population 227
- Veliki Prolog, population 499
- Vina, population 134
- Višnjica, population 14
- Vlaka, population 41
- Vrgorac, population 2,039
- Zavojane, population 308
In the 2011 census, 99% of the population were Croats.[6]
Town of Vrgorac: Population trends 1857–2021
| population | 7618 | 7865 | 8701 | 10251 | 11910 | 12859 | 12838 | 12756 | 11621 | 11612 | 11246 | 9927 | 8228 | 7497 | 7593 | 6572 | 5698 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Prehistory
In the area Veliki Vanik two early or middle Bronze Age individuals were found, probably Proto-Illyrians, one was genetically determined as haplogroup J2b2a1.[7][8][9]
Notable people
- Tin Ujević (1891–1955), poet
- Stipe Božić (born 1951), mountaineer, filmmaker, photographer; second European to climb Mt. Everest twice.
- Nikola Vujčić (born 1978), basketball player and team manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Bonaventura Radonić (1888-1945), Franciscan, philosopher, professor
References
External links
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