Ražanac

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Ražanac
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Ražanac (Croatia)
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Coordinates: 44 ° 16 '55 "  N , 15 ° 20' 53"  E
Basic data
State : Croatian flag Croatia
County : Zadar County flag Zadar
Residents : 2,940 (2011)
Telephone code : (+385) 023
Postal code : 23248
License plate : ZD
Structure and administration
(status: 2013, cf. )
Community type : local community
Mayor : Nikola Miletić (independent)

Ražanac (Italian Rassanze) is a municipality in Croatia in the Zadar County

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Location and inhabitants

Ražanac is located 20 km northeast of Zadar . The place is located on the southwestern bank of the Velebit Canal , east of the road to the island of Pag .

The municipality consists of the eight places Jovići, Krneza, Ljubač, Ljubački Stanovi, Podrvšje, Radovin, Ražanac and Rtina and has 2,940 inhabitants, of which 943 live in the main town of Ražanac (2011 census).

history

The settlement was founded in 1507 when the area was fighting against the Turks. The fortress built at that time was destroyed by the Turks in 1570.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ražanac (Municipality, Zadar County, Croatia) - history