Marina is a village and a municipality in

Split-Dalmatia County Split-Dalmatia County ( ) 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 4.540 km2, the total area is 14.106,40 km2. Split-Dalmati ...

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Population

In the 2011 census, it had a total municipality population of 4,595, in the following settlements. *

Blizna Donja Blizna is a village near Marina, Croatia, Marina, Croatia. In the 2011 census, it had 258 inhabitants. References

Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County {{SplitDalmatia-geo-stub ...

, population 258 *

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, population 93 * Dograde, population 194 * Gustirna, population 349 * Marina, population 1,117 * Mitlo, population 75 * Najevi, population 42 * Poljica, population 681 * Pozorac, population 137 * Rastovac, population 89 * Sevid, population 267 * Svinca, population 112 * Vinišće, population 774 * Vinovac, population 75 * Vrsine, population 332 In the 2011 census, 97.6% of the population were

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Geography

It is the most western municipality in Split-Dalmatia County and is bordering

Šibenik-Knin County Šibenik-Knin County (; ) is a county in southern Croatia, located in the north-central part of Dalmatia. The biggest city in the county is Šibenik, which also serves as county seat. Other notable towns in the county are Knin, Vodice, Drniš a ...

. Marina is located on the

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( D8). It is a tourist village with a pebble beach shaded by

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and

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Tourism

Tourist also enjoy the atmosphere of ancient

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s, fresh fish and quality local wines, a blend of the ancient and the modern.

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and fishing are practiced. Small yachts may dock within the small harbour and larger ones at the end of the bay, southeast of the chapel and south of the Plokata hill.

History

The settlement was planned in the 16th century. In the period 1495-1500 the bishops of

Trogir Trogir () is a historic town and harbour on the Adriatic coast in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia, with a population of 10,107 (2021) and a total municipal population of 12,393 (2021). The historic part of the city is situated on a small island ...

built a quadrangular tower on the islet in the bay. The tower has console

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. The channel between the mainland and the tower was filled up and levelled at the beginning of the 20th century. The structure was repaired during the Cretan war in 1657 and 1717 and reconstructed in 1971 to 1972. The church of St John has Gothic and

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elements. In a field close to the village there is a small Gothic church of St. Luke with the coat of arms of the Sobota family.

References

External links

* Populated places in Split-Dalmatia County Municipalities of Croatia {{SplitDalmatia-geo-stub