Bast is a village in the

Baška Voda Baška Voda () is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County. It is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia, northwest of Makarska. Population In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 2,775, in the foll ...

municipality in southern

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

, located at the southern end of the

Sveti Ilija tunnel The Sveti Ilija Tunnel (; ) is a road tunnel through Biokovo mountain that connects the coastal and continental parts of the Split-Dalmatia County. Location and characteristics The tunnel is long, while the western, service tube is . Roadway ...

. In 2011 it had a population of 126.
- accessed on 6 September 2017 The village has declined in population since the 1950s, where it peaked at around 450 inhabitants. The traditional livelihood of the village was agriculture and the local quarry but since the turn of the 21st century there has been a shift to tourism, with the renting out of apartments and rooms driving the local economy.

References

External links

The Baška Voda municipal website
Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County {{SplitDalmatia-geo-stub