Metković
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| State : |
 Croatia
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 Dubrovnik-Neretva
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| Height : | 0 m. i. J. | ||
| Residents : | 16,788 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code : | (+385) 020 | ||
| Postal code : | 20 350 | ||
| License plate : | YOU | ||
| Boat registration : | MT | ||
| Structure and administration (status: 2013, cf. ) |
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| Community type : | city | ||
| Mayor : | Božo Petrov ( MOST ) | ||
| Postal address : | Stjepana Radića 1 20 350 Metković |
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 View of the city and the banks of the Neretva |
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Metković [ 'mɛtkovitɕ ] is a town in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in southern Croatia . The city's population in 2011 was 15,329. The entire municipality has 16,788 inhabitants.
Metković lies on the Neretva River , which branches from here into a fertile river delta before the main river flows into the Adriatic Sea at Ploče .
The Neretva River has been navigable for small ships for the last 25 km since regulation in 1895 .
The Neretva Delta plays a major role in agriculture in the southern part of the country, as it is one of the few irrigated and very fertile plains in the region. Since 1881, and to a greater extent after 1945, large parts of the marshland were drained and made usable for agriculture.
Near the city are the ruins of the ancient city of Narona , whose importance at that time depended on its location on the river and near the sea.
To the north of the city there is an important border crossing to Bosnia-Herzegovina , which is important on the road and rail side in the course of the Pan-European Transport Corridor V c and connects Mostar with the seaport in Ploče. Metković is on the Sarajevo – Ploče railway line , but has not had any passenger traffic since 2013.
Metković has grown together with its neighboring Bosnian-Herzegovinian community of Gabela . Since Croatia's accession to the EU on July 1, 2013, the fact that the state border is now the EU's external border has caused problems.
Personalities
- Tomislav Limov (* 1954), Bosnian-Herzegovinian politician and diplomat
- Ivica Barbarić (* 1962), Croatian football player
- Igor Štimac (* 1967), Croatian football player and coach
- Darijo Srna (* 1982), Croatian national soccer player
- Ivan Čupić (* 1986), Croatian national handball player
- Ante Kaleb (* 1993), Croatian handball player
- Bruno Petković (* 1994), Croatian football player
- Branka Bebić, Miss Croatia 1994
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- ↑ http://mediathek.daserste.de/sendung_a-z/342024_europamagazin/17677344_bosnien-kafkaeskes-niemandsland?buchstabe=E
