Crikvenica
Crkva Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije
Crikvenica Location of Crikvenica within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°10′N 14°41′E / 45.167, 14.683
Country	Croatia
County	Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Government
- Mayoro	Božidar Tomašek
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2001)
- Town	11.348
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	51 260
Area code(s)	051
Website: Crikvenica.hr

Crikvenica (Latin: Ad Turres)^[1] is a town in the west of Croatia, population 7,121 (2001), total municipality population 11,348 with 90% Croats (2001). It is situated at the Adriatic coast, near Rijeka, the capital of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county in which it resides. In last twenty years, due to urban expansion of Crikvenica itself, as well as building in near by town of Selce, mentioned two merged into one mini-conglomerate. Towns near Crikvenica include Kraljevica and Novi Vinodolski. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2631x2170, 462 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Osijek Slavonski Brod Slatina, Croatia Virovitica Split Rijeka Čakovec Solin Gospić Bjelovar Bilje User:Elephantus/Test... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... Primorje-Gorski Kotar county - Primorsko-goranska županija is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner and the surrounding Northern Croatian seacoast, and the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... Languages Croatian Religions Predominantly Roman Catholic Related ethnic groups Slavs South Slavs Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... Rijeka (in local Croatian dialects Rika and Reka; Fiume in Italian and Hungarian. ... Primorje-Gorski Kotar county - Primorsko-goranska županija is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner and the surrounding Northern Croatian seacoast, and the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar. ... Kraljevica (known as Porto Re in Italian and literally translated as Kings cove in English) is a town in the Kvarner region of the country of Croatia, located between Rijeka and Crikvenica, approximately thirty kilometers from Opatija and near the entrance to the bridge to the island of Krk. ... Novi Vinodolski is a town on the Adriatic in Croatia, located south of Crikvenica, Selce and Bribir and north of Senj. ...

History

The town name comes from a church (Croatian: crikva) of the Pauline Fathers monastery, build nearby in 1412. In the 19th century Crikvenica became attractive to many tourists, which changed its history. The first hotel opened in 1891, and in 1906 Crikvenica became officially a health resort. Today, with Selce, it is one of the most attractive parts of Kvarner coast, and of North Adriatic coast of Croatia in general. The Pauline Fathers are more formally known as the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit (Ordo Sancti Pauli Primi Eremitæ). This name is derived from the hermit Saint Paul of Thebes (d. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Photo gallery

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References

1. ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 20, notes.

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Links

• Website of a town (in Croatian)

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