Sutivan
Appearance
Sutivan | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
![]() Interactive map of Sutivan | |
| Coordinates: 43°23′N 16°29′E / 43.383°N 16.483°E | |
| Country | |
| County | Split-Dalmatia County |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 21.8 km2 (8.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 936 |
| • Density | 42.9/km2 (111/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 936 |
| • Urban density | 42.9/km2 (111/sq mi) |
| Website | sutivan |
Sutivan (Croatian pronunciation: [sûtivaːn]) is a town on the island of Brač, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. It has a population of 759 (2001 census), 93% of which are Croats.
Sutivan was a fishing village and the harbour is still used by local fishermen. Today Sutivan has become a popular place for cyclists. Every year the town hosts a cycling race ‘Uvati Vitar’ (Catch the Wind) where entrants arrive from all over the world [1]
Climate
[edit]Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was 40.4 °C (104.7 °F), on 24 July 2007.[3] The coldest temperature was −6.3 °C (20.7 °F), on 9 January 1987.[4]
Demographics
[edit]Sutivan: Population trends 1857–2021
| population | 1556 | 1666 | 1798 | 1880 | 1746 | 1505 | 1624 | 962 | 713 | 704 | 641 | 584 | 601 | 641 | 759 | 822 | 936 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
References
[edit]- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ DHMZ (2022-07-19). "Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.
- ^ DHMZ (2022-01-21). "Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.
Further reading
[edit]Archaeology
[edit]- Mihajlović, Igor (2009). "Igor, Lokalitet: Podmorje Splitsko - dalmatinske županije - uvala Tufera (o. Šćedro), Crvene stijene (o. Hvar), o. Gojca (Paklinski otoci), Sutivan (o. Brač)". Hrvatski arheološki godišnjak (in Serbo-Croatian) (6) (published 2010): 609–611. ISSN 1845-8408.
External links
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