Primorje-Gorski kotar County

Primorje-Gorski kotar County
Primorsko-goranska županija


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Basic data

State :

Croatia

Seat :

Rijeka

Area :

3,588 km²

Residents :

296,195 ( 2011 )

Population density :

83 inhabitants per km²

Biggest City :

Rijeka

Telephone code :

051

ISO 3166-2 :

HR-08

NUTS3 code4 :

HR031

Coordinates

45 ° 27 ' N , 14 ° 36' E Coordinates: 45 ° 27 ' N , 14 ° 36' E

Structure and administration
(as of 2013)

Cities :

14th

Municipalities :

22nd

Settlements :

510

Gespan :

Zlatko Komadina ( SDP )

Coalition partner :

HNS, HSU, IDS, ZS, ARS, SDA Hrvatske

Postal address :

Adamićeva 10 / III
51 000 Rijeka

Website :

www.pgz.hr

The County Modrus-Fiume at the time of the Kingdom of Hungary 1867-68

The Primorje-Gorski kotar [ ˈpriːmɔrjɛ ˈgɔrski ˈkɔtar ] ( Croatian Primorsko-goranska županija ; German Coastal – Upland ) is a county in northwestern Croatia . It lies between the border with Slovenia and the Kvarner on the northern Adriatic . It includes the northern part of the Croatian coastal region (Croatian Hrvatsko Primorje ) around the city of Rijeka , the northernmost Adriatic islands ( Krk , Cres , Rab , Lošinj ) and the mountainous region of Gorski kotar . It has an area of 3,590 km² and a population of 296,195 (2011 census). The administrative seat is in Rijeka.

population

Primorje-Gorski kotar county age pyramid (2011 census)

Composition of the population by ethnicity (data from 2011 census):

nationality	number	percent
Croatians	255.730	86.34%
Serbs	14,888	5.03%
Bosniaks	4,877	1.65%
Italian	3,429	1.16%
Albanians	2,410	0.81%
Slovenes	2,300	0.78%
Roma	1,072	0.36%
Montenegrins	642	0.22%
Hungary	471	0.16%
Macedonians	508	0.17%

cities and communes

The Primorje-Gorski kotar County is divided into 14 towns and 22 municipalities. These are listed below with the population at the time of the 2011 census.

Cities

city	Pop.
Bakar	8,279
Cres	2,879
Crikvenica	11,122
Čabar	3,770
Delnice	5,952
Kastav	10,440
Kraljevica	4,618
Krk	6,281
Mali Lošinj	8,116
Novi Vinodolski	5.113
Opatija	11,659
Rab	8,065
Rijeka	128,624
Vrbovsko	5,076

Communities

local community	Pop.
Baska	1,674
Brod Moravice	866
Čavle	7,220
Dobrinj	2,078
Fužine	1,592
Jelenje	5,344
Klana	1,975
Kostrena	4,180
Lokve	1,049
Lopar	1,263
Lovran	4.101
Malinska-Dubašnica	3.134
Matulji	11,246
Mošćenička draga	1,535
Mrkopalj	1,214
Omišalj	2.983
Punat	1,973
Ravna Gora	2,430
Skrad	1,062
Vinodolska općina	3,577
Viškovo	14,445
Vrbnik	1,260

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