Milna is a village and municipality on the western side of the island of

Brač Brač is an island in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia, with an area of , making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. It is separated from the mainland by the Brač Channel, which is wide. The island's talle ...

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-Dalmat ...

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. The village has a population of 833. It is situated in a deep bay oriented towards the island of

Mrduja Mrduja is an uninhabited island in the Croatian region of Dalmatia. It is located in the Adriatic Sea, within the Split Gates between the islands of Brač and Šolta, about 400 m from Cape Zaglav near Milna. The island is nearer to Brač than to � ...

and

Split Channel The Split Channel ( hr, Splitski kanal), is a channel in the Adriatic Sea, off the coast of mainland Dalmatia, defined by the southern shores of the island of Čiovo, the northern shores of the island of Šolta and the western shores of the islan ...

, on the west. The village was settled in the 16th century, by shepherds from

Nerežišća Nerežišća () is a village on the island Brač in Croatia. It has a population of 862 (2011 census). Of these, 98% are Croats. In the past, Nerežišća was the capital of the island. It was founded inside the island, not on its coast, becaus ...

.Footprint Croatia
by Jane Foster. Chapter ''Milna'' page 238. Milna is known for the

Chakavian dialect Chakavian or Čakavian (, , , sh-Latn, čakavski proper name: or own name: ''čokovski, čakavski, čekavski'') is a South Slavic regiolect or language spoken primarily by Croats along the Adriatic coast, in the historical regions of Dalmat ...

being spoken here, the only part of the island where this is the case. Milna was attacked during the

Battle of the Dalmatian channels A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

on November 14, 1991, the only settlement on Brač that has been directly attacked during the

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugosl ...

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