Punat

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Punat

Total population

1,860

Elevation0 m

Land area20.6 km²

Coordinates45.02°, 14.63°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Punat is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia on the island of Krk. The municipality has a population of 1,900, with 90% Croats (2021). With Stara Baška being the only other settlement in the municipality, the village of Punat itself has a population of 1,784. The town first appears in writings from 1377 AD, but the exact date of its foundation is not known. It is situated on a bay known for the island of Košljun and the Church of St. Dunat.

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

Tuone Udaina

Last known speaker of Dalmatian (1821–1898)

Stanko Molnar

Croatian actor

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Matthew Ferchi

Croatian philosopher

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Carlo Ostrogovich

Italian painter (1884-1962)

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John Crncich

Canadian football player

Slavko Linić

Croatian politician

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Vjekoslav Štefanić

Croatian linguist

Blaž Baromić

Croatian printer, calligrapher, founder of the Senj printing press in 1494

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Dragutin Antun Parčić

Croatian linguist (1832–1902)

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Giovanni Andrea Balbi

Roman Catholic bishop (1692-1771)

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Josip Antun Kraljić

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Petrica Novosel Žic

Croatian cartographer (1931–2021)

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Teodoro Loredano Balbi

Bishop of the Roman-Catholic Church

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Branko Bon

Yugoslav-Croatian architect

Antonio Giurico

Croatian religious figure

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Antun Bonifačić

Croatian fascist politician

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

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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