Konavle
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Konavle | |
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Municipality | |
| Općina Konavle Konavle Municipality | |
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 Location of Konavle within Dubrovnik-Neretva County | |
  Konavle The location of Konavle within Croatia | |
| Coordinates:42°31′7″N18°22′5″E/ 42.51861°N 18.36806°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Dubrovnik-Neretva County |
| Seat | Cavtat |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Božo Lasić (HDZ) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 210.1 km2(81.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,607 |
| • Density | 41/km2(110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
| Postal code | 20 000 |
| Area code | 020 |
| Licence plate | DU |
| Website | opcinakonavle |
Konavle(pronounced[kɔ̌naːv̞lɛ]) is a municipality and a smallDalmatiansubregion located southeast ofDubrovnik,Croatia.
The region is administratively part of theDubrovnik-Neretva Countyand the center of the municipality isCavtat.
Demographics
[edit]The total municipality population was 8,577 people in 2011, split in the following 32settlements:[3]
- Brotnice,population 31
- Cavtat,population 2,153
- Čilipi,population 933
- Drvenik,population 52
- Duba Konavoska,population 63
- Dubravka,population 295
- Dunave,population 155
- Đurinići,population 96
- Gabrili,population 210
- Gruda,population 741
- Jasenice,population 14
- Komaji,population 275
- Kuna Konavoska,population 17
- Lovorno,population 183
- Ljuta,population 194
- Mihanići,population 96
- Mikulići,population 88
- Močići,population 447
- Molunat,population 212
- Palje Brdo,population 130
- Pločice,population 83
- Poljice,population 70
- Popovići,population 236
- Pridvorje,population 236
- Radovčići,population 228
- Stravča,population 60
- Šilješki,population 22
- Uskoplje,population 136
- Vitaljina,population 211
- Vodovađa,population 190
- Zastolje,population 150
- Zvekovica,population 570
In the 2011 census, 97.1% of the population wereCroats.[4]Historically, inhabitants of Konavle were calledCanalesi.[5]
History
[edit]In 1427, the authorities of Dubrovnik set out to eradicateBogomilismin Konavle.Catholicismwas restored there by theFranciscansin a rapid process that converted the entire population.[6] During theCroatian War of Independencethe region was occupied from October 1991 to May 1992 byYugoslav Armyforces from theRepublic of Montenegro.[7]Though considerably damaged at the time of its liberation, Konavle maintains its status as one of the wealthiest municipalities in all ofCroatia,consistently ranking amongst the ten richest.
Geography
[edit]Konavle is actually a narrow field located between theSniježnicamountain and theAdriatic Sea,spanning the area from the coastal town ofCavtatto theMontenegrinborder atPrevlaka.Other than Cavtat, only the southernmost village of Molunat is located on the coast, while the other 30 villages are in the hinterland.
TheSniježnicapeak at 1234 meters of altitude is the highest point of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County and village of Kuna with its 700 m altitude is the highest village in the county. Although Gruda is the administrative center of the municipality, the largest settlement isCavtat.
A few kilometres from Cavtat there isPasjača,the 2020 most beautiful beach in Europe, hidden below the Konavle cliffs.
Transport
[edit]The airport for Dubrovnik is located near the Konavle village ofČilipi.[8]
Notable people from Konavle
[edit]- Tereza Kesovija,singer
- Vlaho Bukovac,painter
- Frano Supilo,politician
- Baltazar Bogišić,jurist and legal historian
- Ivan Gundulić,poet, Prince of Konavle
- Anton Perich,artist, filmmaker, poet
References
[edit]- ^Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia.WikidataQ119585703.
- ^"Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements"(xlsx).Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021.Zagreb:Croatian Bureau of Statistics.2022.
- ^"Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Konavle".Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011.Zagreb:Croatian Bureau of Statistics.December 2012.
- ^"Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Dubrovnik-Neretva".Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011.Zagreb:Croatian Bureau of Statistics.December 2012.
- ^William Miller,Ottoman Empire and Its Successors, 1801–1927,3rd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 1936), p. 36.
- ^Zdenka Janeković Römer, 2005, Citizens, Inhabitants, Subjects, Foreigners, Heterodox in Medieval Dubrovnik, Građani, stanovnici, podanici, stranci, inovjerci u srednjovjekovnom Dubrovniku // Raukarov zbornik: zbornik u čast Tomislava Raukara / Budak, Neven,https://www.bib.irb.hr/268941#page= 317-346,https://www.academia.edu/7621134/Gra%C4%91ani_stanovnici_podanici_stranci_inovjerci_u_srednjovjekovnom_Dubrovniku_Citizens_Inhabitants_Subjects_Foreigners_Heterodox_in_Medieval_Dubrovnik_#page=13-16
- ^Kostanjsak, Petra (2019-12-19)."Commemorating the heroes of Dubrovnik".Hrvatski vojnik(in Croatian).Retrieved2024-01-09.
- ^"Cilipi Airport, Dubrovnik - DBV LDDU | Handbook | Business Air News".www.businessairnews.com.Retrieved2023-11-27.
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