Orlec
Orlec is a village on the island of Cres in Croatia. Orlec is near cliffs where the endangered Eurasian griffon vulture nests.
- Type: Village with 92 residents
- Description: settlement in the Town of Cres, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
- Also known as: “Aquilónia” and “Orlež”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zbišina and Stanić.
Zbišina
Hamlet
Zbišina is a village on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar. Zbišina is situated 2½ km southwest of Orlec.
Stanić
Hamlet
Stanić is a ghost village on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar. Stanić is situated 4½ km south of Orlec.
Loznati
Village
Loznati is a village located on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar. Loznati is situated 4½ km north of Orlec.
Orlec
- Categories: settlement in Croatia and locality
- Location: Cres, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Kvarner, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.88153° or 44° 52′ 54″ north
Longitude
14.42454° or 14° 25′ 28″ east
Population
92
Elevation
230 metres (755 feet)
Open location code
8FPPVCJF+JR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Orlec” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Orlec”
- Croatian: “Orlec”
- Dutch: “Orlec”
- French: “Orlec”
- Hungarian: “Orlec”
- Italian: “Aquilonia”
- Polish: “Orlec (Chorwacja)”
- Polish: “Orlec”
- Serbian: “Орлец (Црес)”
- Serbian: “Орлец”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Orlec”
- Slovenian: “Orlec”
- Spanish: “Orlec”
- Ukrainian: “Орлець (Црес)”
- Ukrainian: “Орлець”
- “Orlec”
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