Kaštela (;) is a town in
Split-Dalmatia County
Split-Dalmatia County ( hr, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija ) is a central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. The administrative center is Split. The population of the county is 455,242 (2011). The land area is 14.106,40 km2.
Split-Dalm ...
. The town is an
agglomeration of seven individual settlements which are administered as a single municipality with populations individually ranging from 3,000 to 7,000 residents. The town is located northwest of the city of
Split, west of
Solin
Solin (Latin and it, Salona; grc, Σαλώνα ) is a town in Dalmatia, Croatia. It is situated right northeast of Split, on the Adriatic Sea and the river Jadro.
Solin developed on the location of ancient city of ''Salona'', which was the ...
and east of
Trogir
Trogir (; historically known as Traù (from Dalmatian, Venetian and Italian: ); la, Tragurium; Ancient Greek: Τραγύριον, ''Tragyrion'' or Τραγούριον, ''Tragourion'') is a historic town and harbour on the Adriatic coast in S ...
, on the central
Dalmatia
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n coast. With a total population of 37,794 census, it is the 14th
largest town in the country.
Geography
Settlements
The Town of Kaštela consists of following settlements (populations parenthesised):
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Kaštel Gomilica (4,699)
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Kaštel Kambelovac (5,051)
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Kaštel Lukšić (5,221)
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Kaštel Novi (6,507)
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Kaštel Stari (6,950)
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Kaštel Sućurac (6,544)
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Kaštel Štafilić (2,822)
Overview
The Kaštela Riviera is a fertile area, about in length, featuring the first
Roman floating dock
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s and 50 places on the long, verdant area, northwest of
Split. It is divided into Gornja (''upper'') and Donja Kaštela (''lower''), and it consists of seven old and two relatively new
settlements. The Kaštela region with its
Mediterranean
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tone, picturesque landscape and unique composition of natural environment attracted people since
prehistoric
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times. From
ancient Greek
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sailors, Roman
patricians,
Croatian kings, rulers,
Venetian
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royals to the present sun and sea lovers, as well as mysterious legacies from the past.
Once an ancient Greek port, a stopover point for Roman veterans and a summer place for
Croatia
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n kings is today a tourist resort, carrying the same name. Along its long sandy beach there are terraces and viewpoints,
tennis
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and other sports grounds, surrounded by greenery of pine and tamaris trees.
The
Jadro River (the original
water supply
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for the
ancient city of
Diocletian's Palace) flows through the town of
Solin
Solin (Latin and it, Salona; grc, Σαλώνα ) is a town in Dalmatia, Croatia. It is situated right northeast of Split, on the Adriatic Sea and the river Jadro.
Solin developed on the location of ancient city of ''Salona'', which was the ...
and provides
water supply
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to both
Split and Kaštela. Contemporary studies indicate favourable
water quality
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levels of the river near the
headwaters
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Definition
Th ...
at
Jadro Spring. Certain other studies of
hydrology
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and sedimentation have been conducted in this area.
Population
Economy
The industrial zone is developed, and there is an aluminium extraction facility in the vicinity of Kaštel Sućurac and the
Split Airport is located in Kaštel Štafilić. Present area of Kaštela and its inland in the vicinity of ancient
Salona
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Salona was founded in the 3rd century BC and was mostly destroyed i ...
were inhabited very early (the finds from the Roman and Old Croatian period).
Twin towns
Kaštela is
twinned
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with:
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Bardejov,
Slovakia
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Hradec Králové
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Czech Republic
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Kiseljak and
Kupres,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Pszczyna,
Poland
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Lindlar,
Germany
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Sušice,
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Zaprešić
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Croatia
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Yountville
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United States
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See also
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Dalmatia
Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of the Adriatic Sea, stre ...
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Split Airport
References
External links
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Cities and towns in Croatia
Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County
Populated coastal places in Croatia