Brela

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Brela

Total population

1,575

Elevation0 m

Land area6.9 km²

Coordinates43.37°, 16.93°

Demographic figures from Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Brela is a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia. The village of Brela is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of Makarska. In 2021, the total population was 1,626. The municipality consists of two villages: Brela and Gornja Brela.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Mate Granić

Croatian politician

J

Josip Pupačić

Aleksa Dundić

Serbian communist (1896–1920)

Charles Balic

Croatian Franciscan Mariologist (1899–1977)

G

Goran Granić

Croatian politician

B

Branko Kovačević

Croatian painter (1911–1988)

Jure Radić

Croatian scientist and theologian (1920-1990)

D

Dragan Granić

A

Ante Josipović

Croatian politician

D

Daniel Marušić

Croatian television director (1931–2009)

Đ

Đuro Vilović

Yugoslav publicist

I

Ivan Ostojić

Croatian Church historian (1893-1980)

I

Ivan Čizmić

Croatian historian and jurist

H

Hrvatin Gabrijel Jurišić

Croatian Franciscan theologian (1934-)

B

Bosiljka Kovačević Mijatović

Serbian painter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Split-Dalmatia

• Baška Voda
  1.1 mi away · pop. 1,978
• Gornja Brela
  3 mi away · pop. 128
• Krvavica
  3.9 mi away · pop. 314
• Rastovac
  4.5 mi away · pop. 168
• Veliko Brdo
  5.6 mi away · pop. 492
• Šestanovac
  6 mi away · pop. 426
• Novo Selo
  6.1 mi away · pop. 152
• Podgrađe
  6.2 mi away · pop. 280
• Kostanje
  7 mi away · pop. 605
• Seoca
  8.6 mi away · pop. 140
• Lovreć
  8.8 mi away · pop. 585
• Cista Provo
  9.4 mi away · pop. 469

Browse all places in Split-Dalmatia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Seen 2026-09-24

Chimney Bellflower

Campanula pyramidalis

Seen 2026-09-24

Great Tit

Parus major

Seen 2026-09-23

Snow Samphire

Pentanema verbascifolium

Seen 2026-09-21

Hawfinch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Seen 2026-09-21

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-20

Jerusalem Thorn

Paliurus spina-christi

Seen 2026-09-20

European Shag

Gulosus aristotelis

Seen 2026-09-18

Saddled Seabream

Oblada melanurus

Seen 2026-09-17

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).