Punat
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thumb|250px|Punat Punat is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia on the island of Krk. The municipality has a population of 1,900, with 90% Croats (2021). With Stara Baška being the only other settlement in the municipality, the village of Punat itself has a population of 1,784. The town first appears in writings from 1377 AD, but the exact date of its foundation is not known. It is situated on a bay known for the island of Košljun and the Church of St. Dunat.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Punat
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Punat krk.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Croatia
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Punat in Croatia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- border|23px Primorje-Gorski Kotar
- Settlement.parts_type
- Settlements
- Settlement.parts
- Punat, Stara Baška
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Daniel Strčić
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 34.0
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 20.6
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 1900
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_urban
- 1784
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Croatia
- Country
- Croatia
- Located in
- Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
- Population
- 1900
- Area
- 20.6
- Elevation
- 0
- Shares border with
- Baška
- Official website
- www.punat.hr
- Image
- Punat from Puntarska cove.jpg
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- Commons category
- Punat
- topic's main category
- Category:Punat
- postal code
- 51521
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Governance
- Local
- Notable people
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
thumb|250px|Punat Punat is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia on the island of Krk. The municipality has a population of 1,900, with 90% Croats (2021). With Stara Baška being the only other settlement in the municipality, the village of Punat itself has a population of 1,784. The town first appears in writings from 1377 AD, but the exact date of its foundation is not known. It is situated on a bay known for the island of Košljun and the Church of St. Dunat.
==History== During WWII, Punat was home to several sympathizers of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland, including Filka and Marica Žic, who were sentenced by the Communists to hard labor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Punat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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