Konavle

Konavle () is a municipality and a small region located southeast of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

It is administratively part of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County and the center of the municipality is Cavtat.

Demographics

The total municipality population was 8,577 people in 2011, split in the following 32 settlements:

* Brotnice, population 31
* Cavtat, population 2,153
* Čilipi, population 933
* Drvenik, population 52
* Duba Konavoska, population 63
* Dubravka, population 295
* Dunave, population 155
* Đurinići, population 96
* Gabrili, population 210
* Gruda, population 741
* Jasenice, population 14
* Komaji, population 275
* Kuna Konavoska, population 17
* Lovorno, population 183
* Ljuta, population 194
* Mihanići, population 96
* Mikulići, population 88
* Močići, population 447
* Molunat, population 212
* Palje Brdo, population 130
* Pločice, population 83
* Poljice, population 70
* Popovići, population 236
* Pridvorje, population 236
* Radovčići, population 228
* Stravča, population 60
* Šilješki, population 22
* Uskoplje, population 136
* Vitaljina, population 211
* Vodovađa, population 190
* Zastolje, population 150
* Zvekovica, population 570

In the 2011 census, 97.1% of the population were Croats. Historically, inhabitants of Konavle were called ''Canalesi''.

History

In 1427, the authorities of Dubrovnik set out to eradicate Bogomilism in Konavle. Catholicism was restored there by the Franciscans in a rapid process that converted the entire population.Zdenka Janeković Römer, 2005, Citizens, Inhabitants, Subjects, Foreigners, Heterodox in Medieval Dubrovnik, Građani, stanovnici, podanici, stranci, inovjerci u srednjovjekovnom Dubrovniku // Raukarov zbornik : zbornik u čast Tomislava Raukara / Budak, Neven, https://www.bib.irb.hr/268941 #page= 317-346, https://www.academia.edu/7621134/Gra%C4%91ani_stanovnici_podanici_stranci_inovjerci_u_srednjovjekovnom_Dubrovniku_Citizens_Inhabitants_Subjects_Foreigners_Heterodox_in_Medieval_Dubrovnik_ #page=13-16
Though considerably damaged during the Croatian War of Independence, Konavle maintains its status as one of the wealthiest municipalities in all of Croatia, consistently ranking amongst the ten richest.

Geography

Konavle is actually a narrow field located between the Sniježnica mountain and the Adriatic Sea, spanning the area from the coastal town of Cavtat to the Montenegrin border at Prevlaka. Other than Cavtat, only the southernmost village of Molunat is located on the coast, while the other 30 villages are in the hinterland.

The Sniježnica peak at 1234 meters of altitude is the highest point of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County and village of Kuna with its 700 m altitude is the highest village in the county. Although Gruda is the administrative center of the municipality, the largest settlement is Cavtat.

A few kilometres from Cavtat there is " Pasjača", the 2020 most beautiful beach in Europe, hidden below the Konavle cliffs.

Transport

The airport for Dubrovnik is located near the Konavle village of Čilipi.

Notable people from Konavle

*Tereza Kesovija, singer
*Vlaho Bukovac, painter
*Frano Supilo, politician
*Baltazar Bogišić, jurist & legal historian
*Ivan Gundulić, poet, Konavle Count.
*Anton Perich, artist, filmmaker, poet

References

External links

Molunat - The most southern tourist destination in Croatia

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Populated places in Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Municipalities of Croatia
Konavle