Vrgorac
Appearance
Vrgorac | |
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Grad Vrgorac Town of Vrgorac | |
![]() Tin Ujević Street in Vrgorac | |
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Coordinates:43°12′N17°22′E/ 43.20°N 17.37°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Historical region | Dalmatian Hinterland |
County | ![]() |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ante Pranić (NLM) |
Area | |
•Town | 278.6 km2(107.6 sq mi) |
• Urban | 13.1 km2(5.1 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
•Town | 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 |
Vrgorac(pronounced[ʋř̩ɡorats],Italian:Vergoraz) is a town inCroatiain theSplit-Dalmatia County.
Demographics
[edit]The total population of Vrgorac is 6,572 (census 2011), in the following settlements:[3]
- 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 wereCroats.[4]
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
[edit]In the areaVeliki Vaniktwo early or middle Bronze Age individuals were found, probablyProto-Illyrians,one was genetically determined ashaplogroup J2b2a1.[5][6][7]
Notable people
[edit]- 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 andteam managerofMaccabi Tel Aviv
- Bonaventura Radonić(1888-1945), Franciscan, philosopher, professor
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: Vrgorac".Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011.Zagreb:Croatian Bureau of Statistics.December 2012.
- ^"Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Split-Dalmatia".Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011.Zagreb:Croatian Bureau of Statistics.December 2012.
- ^"Scientific Papers – J2-M172".j2-m172.info.J2 Research Team: Rottensteiner et.Retrieved2017-06-29.
- ^Novak, M.; Vyroubal, V.; Bedić, Ž. (2011).Palaeodemographic and palaeopathological characteristics of individuals buried in three Bronze Age sites from southern Croatia.Department of Archaeology, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, Croatia.
- ^"The Genomic History of Southeastern Europe"(PDF).
External links
[edit]Media related toVrgoracat Wikimedia Commons