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Kraljevica

Southern Europe

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
Population
4066 1
Area (sq km)
17.6 1
Founding Year
1443 2
Founding Year
1443 2
Population Estimate Year
2021 1
Elevation (m)
0 1
Latitude
45.27413 degrees north 1
Longitude
14.56826 degrees east 1
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)
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2. 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.
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Kraljevica (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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