Mošćenice

Mošćenice (also called Župa Mošćenice) is a village in the municipality of Mošćenička Draga in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on the Istrian peninsula, close to Opatija, Croatia.

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Settlement.official_name: Mošćenice
Settlement.image_skyline: Moscenice.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Croatia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Mošćenička Draga
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2.6
Settlement.population_as_of: 2021
Settlement.population_total: 279
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2
Settlement.postal_code_type: Postal code

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Population: 279
Area: 2.6
Image: Moscenice 0709 1.jpg

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Commons category: Mošćenice
postal code: 51417

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Mošćenice (also called Župa Mošćenice) is a village in the municipality of Mošćenička Draga in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on the Istrian peninsula, close to Opatija, Croatia.

It is a typical hilltop village with stone houses and narrow streets situated 173 metres above Mošćenička Draga. From Mošćenice one has a nice view across the Kvarner Gulf to Rijeka and the islands of Krk and Cres. The village is connected to the Mošćenička Draga by road and 750 steps which lead from Sv. Ivan beach to the centre of the village. Besides the old St. Andrew church, places of interest are the local ethnographic museum and an old olive extraction mill.