Zemunik Donji

Zemunik Donji
coat of arms
Coordinates: 44 ° 6 ′ 24 ″  N , 15 ° 22 ′ 50 ″  E
Basic data
State :	Croatia
County :	Zadar
Residents :	2,060 (2011)
Telephone code :	(+385) 023
Postal code :	23222
License plate :	ZD
Structure and administration (status: 2013, cf. )
Community type :	local community
Mayor :	Ivica Šarić ( HDZ )
Website :	www.zemunik.hr

Zemunik Donji ( Italian Zemonico Inferiore ) is a municipality in Croatia .

geography

Zemunik Donji is located about 15 km east of Zadar . The international airport of the city of Zadar is nearby . It is 7 km from the center of Zadar.

The municipality consists of the three places Smoković, Zemunik Donji, Zemunik Gornji and has 2,060 inhabitants, of which 1,540 live in the main town of Zemunik Donji (2011 census).

history

In the early 18th century, dozens of Albanian Roman Catholic families who had fled the Ottomans settled in the village . The local Gegic dialect is now extinct.

Personalities

• Nikola Dragaš (* 1944), world champion in bowling
• Tomislav Marijan Bilosnić (* 1947), writer and painter

Web links

Commons : Zemunik Donji  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Airport website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cenni storici su Borgo Erizzo. Retrieved August 19, 2017 (Italian).