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Svetlana Velmar-Janković

Kraljevica
Grad Kraljevica
Town of Kraljevica
View of Kraljevica
View of Kraljevica
Map
Location of Kraljevica in Croatia
Kraljevica is located in Croatia
Kraljevica
Kraljevica
Coordinates: 45°12′52″N 14°35′51″E / 45.21444°N 14.59750°E / 45.21444; 14.59750
Country Croatia
County Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Government
 • MayorDalibor Čandrlić (HDZ)
 • City Council
13 members[1]
Area
 • Town
17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
 • Urban
5.6 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Town
4,066
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,415
 • Urban density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitekraljevica.hr

Kraljevica (known as Porto Re in Italian and literally translated as "King's cove" in English) is a town in the Kvarner region of Croatia, located between Rijeka and Crikvenica, approximately thirty kilometers from Opatija and near the entrance to the bridge to the island of Krk. It is part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.

The town is known for its shipyard which has built a number of ships for the Croatian navy.

History

Kraljevica is a town that was written about as early as the 13th century. Today, in addition to having the oldest shipyard on the Adriatic,[4] Kraljevica's skyline is dominated by two medieval castles and a church of the Croatian nobles Zrinski and Frankopan. Kraljevica's shipyard employed Josip Broz Tito, the former leader of Yugoslavia, during the first half of the 20th century in his early years of organizing for the Communist Party. After he became marshal of Yugoslavia following World War II, the shipyard took his name, until democratic changes in the 1990s. Kraljevica was the site of an Italian-run concentration camp during WW II.

In March 1873, the Primorska štediona[5] savings bank opened in Kraljevica. It competed with the savings bank in Bakar (established 1876), but had to file bankruptcy in 1878.[6]: 6 

Today Kraljevica is also a popular tourist destination on the Adriatic coast. The Krk Bridge is located nearby, in the southeast part of the city.

Climate

Between 1981 and 1986, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was 34.8 °C (94.6 °F), on 29 July 1983.[7] The coldest temperature was −10.1 °C (13.8 °F), on 7 January 1985.[8]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, the total population of the township was 4,618, with the following settlements:[9]

In 1890, the obćina of Kraljevica (court at Kraljevica), with an area of 11.35 square kilometres (4.38 sq mi), belonged to the kotar of Sušak (Bakar court and electoral district) in the županija of Modruš-Rieka (Ogulin court and financial board). There were 403 houses, with a population of 1689. Its sole village for taxation purposes made up its own porezna obćina, under the Bakar office. The only statistical market in Sušak kotar was in Kraljevica.[10]: iv, v 

Town of Kraljevica: Population trends 1857–2021
population
3120
3184
2839
3012
3240
3318
3987
3303
2917
3521
3435
3840
4254
4513
4579
4618
4066
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021

Infrastructure

In 1913, there were two gendarmeries in Sušak kotar: Sušak and Kraljevica.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Konačni rezultati izbora" (PDF) (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  2. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  4. ^ "Brodogradilište Kraljevica ide u stečaj". hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radiotelevision. HINA. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ^ Zoričić, Milovan (1879) [written November 1878]. "Tvrdka, sjedište, početak poslovanja i dionička glavnica bankov. zavoda i štediona". Statistika vjeresijskih zavoda za godine 1847-1877 za godine 1847-1877. Zagreb: Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured, 🖶 Dragutin Albrecht. pp. 2–3.
  6. ^ Zoričić, Milovan (1879) [written November 1878]. "Bankovni zavodi i štedione". Statistika vjeresijskih zavoda za godine 1847-1877 za godine 1847-1877. Zagreb: Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured, 🖶 Dragutin Albrecht. pp. 1–68.
  7. ^ DHMZ (2022-07-19). "Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.
  8. ^ DHMZ (2022-01-21). "Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.
  9. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Kraljevica". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  10. ^ Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured (1895). "Glavni pregled područja županija, upravnih kotara i obćina, sudbenih stolova, sudbenih kotara, financijalnih ravnateljstva, poreznih ureda i izbornih kotara". Političko i sudbeno razdieljenje kralj. Hrvatske i Slavonije i Repertorij prebivališta po stanju od 31. svibnja 1895. Zagreb: Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada. pp. I–XXVII.
  11. ^ Kraljevski zemaljski statistički ured (May 1913). "Razmještaj Kr. oružništva u Kraljevinama Hrvatskoj i Slavoniji". Političko i sudbeno razdjeljenje i Repertorij prebivališta Kraljevina Hrvatske i Slavonije po stanju od 1. siječnja 1913. Zagreb: Kraljevska hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinska zemaljska vlada, 🖶 Kraljevska zemaljska tiskara. pp. XXXIV–XXXV.

Further reading

  • Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža (2013–2024). "Kraljevica". Hrvatska enciklopedija (online ed.). Archived from the original on 2023-12-26.

History

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