Komiža

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Komiža

Total population

1,261

Elevation0 m

Land area19.6 km²

Coordinates43.04°, 16.09°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Komiža is a Croatian coastal town lying on the western coast of the island of Vis in the central part of the Adriatic Sea.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

R

Ranko Marinković

Croatian writer (1913–2001)

Celestin Tomić

Croatian Franciscan Bible scholar (1917-2006)

Giampaolo Vlacovich

Italian physician (1825-1899)

Pietro Degano

Italian association football player (1919-1978)

K

Krasnodar Rora

Croatian footballer

Ž

Željko Rodić

Yugoslav footballer (1952-2016)

Jakša Fiamengo

Croatian poet and academic (1946–2018)

F

František Michálek

Czech composer, choirmaster and organist (1895–1951)

L

Lucija Borčić

Croatian Esperantist

G

Goran Babić

Croatian writer (1944-)

I

Ivanko Farolfi

lawyer and Yugoslav politician

Š

Šime Poduje

association football player (1905-1966)

Andrija Božanić

A

Ante Fiamengo

Croatian sociologist (1912-1979)

Miho Pušic

Roman Catholic archbishop

M

Mirko Vojković

Croatian actor (1925–1988)

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

Nearby places in Split-Dalmatia

• Podhumlje
  2.2 mi away · pop. 32
• Žena Glava
  2.6 mi away · pop. 46
• Podšpilje
  2.6 mi away · pop. 11
• Marinje Zemlje
  4.7 mi away · pop. 63
• Plisko Polje
  4.8 mi away · pop. 19
• Podselje
  5.1 mi away · pop. 19
• Rogačić
  5.1 mi away · pop. 12
• Rukavac
  6.2 mi away · pop. 66
• Podstražje
  6.2 mi away · pop. 40
• Milna
  7.2 mi away · pop. 30
• Milna
  21.6 mi away · pop. 90
• Malo Grablje
  22.5 mi away

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

Hooded Crow

Corvus cornix

Seen 2026-09-26

Mediterranean Slant-faced Grasshopper

Acrida ungarica

Seen 2026-09-26

Hairy Scale-cricket

Arachnocephalus vestitus

Seen 2026-09-26

Migratory Locust

Locusta migratoria

Seen 2026-09-26

Lang's Short-tailed Blue

Leptotes pirithous

Seen 2026-09-26

Blue-winged Grasshopper

Oedipoda caerulescens

Seen 2026-09-26

Box Bug

Gonocerus acuteangulatus

Seen 2026-09-25

Mediterranean Katydid

Phaneroptera nana

Seen 2026-09-25

squirting cucumber

Ecballium elaterium

Seen 2026-09-21

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