Rijeka

Also known as Fiume, Pflaum

Hafenstadt in Kroatien

AI overview

Rijeka is Croatia's third-largest city and most important seaport, located on the Adriatic Sea's Kvarner Bay. Its strategic position and deep-water harbor made it a valuable prize throughout history, causing it to change rulers repeatedly and giving it a complex, multicultural past.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Rijeka
Settlement.official_name: City of Rijeka
Settlement.native_name: /
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Rijeka.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 160px
Settlement.seal_size: 70px
Settlement.image_shield: Rijeka COA.svg
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe shape: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 9
Settlement.pushpin_map: Croatia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Rijeka within Croatia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Central Croatia(Croatian Littoral)
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.leader_party: Ind.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Part of: Kvarner Gulf
Named after: Rječina
Official name: Fiume
Demonym: fiumani
Award: European Capital of Culture
Country: Austria–Hungary
Located in: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen
Continent: Europe
Population: 107964
Area: 43.4
Elevation: 0
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Body of water: Adriatic Sea
Capital of: province of Carnaro
Official website: www.rijeka.hr
Image: Rijeka-view-2.jpg
Dialing code: 051
Licence plate code: RI
Patron saint: Vitus
Connects with: European route E65

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owner of: Stadion Rujevica
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Rijeka
category of associated people: Category:People from Rijeka
twinned administrative body: Palermo
Commons category: Rijeka
topic's main category: Category:Rijeka
Commons gallery: Rijeka
native label: Fiume
postal code: 51000
P12749: Lardaro

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Article · Deutsch

Rijeka [ˈrijɛːka] (deutsch Sankt Veit(h) am Flaum/Pflaum, italienisch und ungarisch Fiume) ist eine Hafenstadt an der Kvarner-Bucht in Kroatien. Die mit rund 130.000 Einwohnern (Stand 31. März 2011) drittgrößte Stadt des Landes ist Hauptstadt der Gespanschaft Primorje-Gorski kotar und Sitz der katholischen Erzdiözese Rijeka. Rijeka und das irische Galway waren 2020 die Kulturhauptstädte Europas.

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