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 tall ...

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

.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 Da ...

being spoken here, the only part of the island where this is the case. Milna was attacked during the Battle of the Dalmatian channels on November 14, 1991, the only settlement on Brač that has been directly attacked during the Croatian War of Independence.

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