Croatia
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Municipality of Omišalj

Omišalj

Omišalj is a coastal municipality in the north-west of the island of in . The population of Omišalj itself is 1,887, while the municipality also includes the nearby village of , bringing the total population to 2,992.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Rijeka Airport and Fortičina.

Aerodrome
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is the serving , Croatia. It is located near the town of Omišalj on the island of , 17 km from the Rijeka railway station.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Ruins
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Municipium Flavium was an old Roman settlement on the island of , Croatia, just a few kilometres from the town of Omišalj. Archaeological findings show the first traces of settlement in the area dating back into the 1st century when the Romans settled the area following the Illyrian Wars as a retirement community for soldiers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jadranovo and Rudine.

Village
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is a small coastal town in the northern coast of . Tourism here has flourished due to its proximity to . is situated 5 km east of Omišalj.

Village
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is a hamlet on the northern end of the island of , to the north of the Soline Bay. It is part of the municipality of . As of 2021, it had 5 inhabitants. is best known for the cave. is situated 5 km southeast of Omišalj.

Village
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is a in , near the Island and the . It is part of the , which is part of the , at an elevation of 200 meters above sea level. is situated 6 km northeast of Omišalj.

Omišalj

Latitude
45.21087° or 45° 12′ 39″ north
Longitude
14.55649° or 14° 33′ 23″ east
Population
1,870
Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)
United Nations Location Code
HR OMI
Open location code
8FQP6H64+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 270126665
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3194112
Wiki­data ID
Q382602
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Omišalj” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أومسلاج”
  • Basque: “Omišalj”
  • Bosnian: “Omišalj”
  • Cebuano: “Omišalj”
  • Chinese: “奧米沙利”
  • Croatian: “Omišalj”
  • Czech: “Omišalj”
  • Dutch: “Omišalj”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اومسلاج”
  • Esperanto: “Omišalj”
  • French: “Omišalj”
  • German: “Omisalj”
  • German: “Omišalj”
  • Greek: “Ομίσαλι”
  • Hebrew: “אומישליי”
  • Hungarian: “Omišalj”
  • Italian: “Castelmuschio”
  • Latin: “Castri Musculi”
  • Latin: “Castrum Musculi”
  • Latvian: “Omišaļi”
  • Lombard: “Castelmuschio”
  • Northern Sami: “Omišalj”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Omišalj”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Omišalj”
  • Polish: “Gmina Omišalj”
  • Polish: “Omišalj”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Omišalj, Primorje-Gorski kotar”
  • Russian: “Омишаль”
  • Serbian: “Омишаљ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Omišalj”
  • Slovak: “Omišalj”
  • Slovenian: “Omišalj”
  • Spanish: “Omišalj”
  • Swedish: “Omišalj”
  • Turkish: “Castelmuschio”
  • Turkish: “Castri Musculi”
  • Turkish: “Omisalj”
  • Turkish: “Omišalj”
  • Turkish: “Omişalj”
  • Ukrainian: “Омишаль”
  • Ukrainian: “Омішаль”
  • Venetian: “Castelmuschio”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Omišalj”

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