Hreljin
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Hreljin | |
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  Hreljin Location of Hreljin in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°16′59″N 14°35′56″E / 45.283°N 14.599°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.1 km2 (13.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 2,139 |
| • Density | 61/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Hreljin is a village in western Croatia, just southeast of Bakar and northeast of Kraljevica, above Bay of Bakar (Croatian: Bakarski zaljev).
Hreljin administratively belongs to the city of Bakar, situated in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County - Primorsko-goranska županija.
The village includes the hamlets of Solnice (center of village), Pod Solnice, Biljin, Raskrizje, Stara cesta, Copovsko, Knezovo, Tursko, Vidasko, Sobolsko, Zastene, Gaj, Maj, Lonja, Glavicina, Dorisko, Placa, Kalac, Dragisino, Hrustica, Popelisce, Princica, Kalvarija, Cerkul, Fister, Melnice and Plase.
History
[edit]Legend claims that a Greek named Herkul founded the village.
In 1228 Hreljin signed the Vinodol act making Hreljin Castle one of nine Vinodol castles.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža (2013–2024). "Hreljin". Hrvatska enciklopedija (online ed.). Archived from the original on 2024-04-05.
Dialectology
[edit]- Brabec, Ivan (1966). "Mješoviti govori na sjevernoj periferiji hrvatskosrpskog jezika". Ljetopis Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. 77: 421–425. ISSN 0373-9902.
History
[edit]- Laszowski, Emilij (1923). "Hreljin". Gorski kotar i Vinodol: Dio državine knezova Frankopana i Zrinskih (Mjestopisne i povjesne crtice) (PDF). Zagreb: Matica hrvatska, 🖶 Tiskara "Narodnih novina" (published 1924-01-12). pp. 151–163. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-08-12. Online publication 2016-01-09.
45°16′56″N 14°36′03″E / 45.28222°N 14.60083°E
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