Ist ( it, Isto) is a small island off the
Dalmatia
Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...
n coast of
Croatia. The closest city to Ist is
Zadar. The island has an area of 9.65 km
2.
[
] Ist is located between the islands of
Å karda and
Molat.
The entire island has a permanent population of 182.
During the past 50 years it has witnessed a slow depopulation which has halved its number of inhabitants. The
Croatian Government is attempting to attract people to the island through its National Programme of Islands’ Development as well as economic revival (which could result in the construction of a bridge to nearby Molat). Recently the island has benefited from the development of
tourism.
In
World War II, the
Battle of Ist was a naval engagement off Ist on 29 February 1944. The engagement was fought between
Free French navy destroyers and a ''
Kriegsmarine
The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...
'' force of two corvettes, two torpedo boats and three minesweepers which were protecting a freighter. The French managed to destroy the German freighter and a corvette without losses of their own before withdrawing.
See also
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Croatia
*
Dalmatia
Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...
References
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Socio-Geographic Transformation of Ist Island, Croatia
Islands of Croatia
Islands of the Adriatic Sea
Populated places in Zadar County
Landforms of Zadar County
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