Kraljevica is a town in the Kvarner region of western Croatia, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County between Rijeka and Crikvenica, about 30 kilometers from Opatija, with 4,066 residents in the town proper and 2,415 in its urban core at the 2021 census. The settlement dates to at least the 13th century and is dominated by two medieval castles and a church associated with Croatian noble families, and it is known for a shipyard that has built ships for the Croatian navy. During the Second World War the town held an Italian-run concentration camp, and it is today a popular Adriatic tourist destination near the entrance to the Krk Bridge.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone FAQs
What is the connection between Kraljevica and Josip Broz Tito?
Tito worked at the Kraljevica shipyard early in his career, and after the Second World War the yard took his name until the 1990s.
Kraljevica has the oldest shipyard on the Adriatic, according to the source cited here. In the first half of the 20th century that shipyard employed Josip Broz Tito, later the leader of Yugoslavia, during his early years of organizing for the Communist Party. After he became marshal of Yugoslavia following the Second World War, the shipyard took his name, and it kept it until the democratic changes of the 1990s.
Sources
1. Kraljevica (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 4,066 (2021)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 45.27413, longitude 14.56826
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 0 m
P2046 (area)
area 17.6 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 4066 (2021)
View the Source2. Wikipedia (Croatian): Kraljevica
Wikipedia (Croatian)Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1443
Prvi pisani dokumenti spominju 1443.
Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1443
Prvi pisani dokumenti spominju 1443.
Source text, founding-year: 1443
Prvi pisani dokumenti spominju 1443.
View the Source 3. GeoNames: Kraljevica - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3197390
45.27395 14.5683 P PPLA2 HR 12 11054903 2415 14 Europe/Zagreb
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 14 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.25, 14.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 45.25, 14.75
45.25 14.75 Cfb
Kraljevica (Wikipedia)
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