Dalmatia
Split-Dalmatia
Municipality of Nerežišća

Nerežišća

Nerežišća is a village and a municipality on the island in . In the past, Nerežišća was the capital of the island. It was founded inside the island, not on its coast, because of fear of pirates marauding the Adriatic Sea.
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  • Type: Village with 616 residents
  • Description: municipality and settlement in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
  • Also known as: “Nerezisca”, “Nerezisce”, “Nerežišće”, and “Nersi”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St. Margaret in Nerežišća and Church of St. Joseph.

Church
Photo: Mark Ahsmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
Photo: Argo Navis, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donji Humac and Dračevica.

Village
Photo: Denny, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of the oldest settlements on the island of , located on an inland hill. The top of the hill is marked by a widely visible Baroque bell-tower.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a on the island of . As of December 2018, 59 people live in the village year-round. In December of 2018, an anonymous donor gifted a 500 kuna voucher to all permanent residents of the village. is situated 3½ km west of Nerežišća.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
is a in . It is the oldest settlement on the island . is situated 3½ km northeast of Nerežišća.

Nerežišća

Latitude
43.33028° or 43° 19′ 49″ north
Longitude
16.57473° or 16° 34′ 29″ east
Population
616
Elevation
391 metres (1,283 feet)
Open location code
8FMR8HJF+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 432640524
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3194524
Wiki­data ID
Q1071657
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Nerežišća” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Nerežišća”
  • Bosnian: “Nerežišća”
  • Catalan: “Nerežišća”
  • Cebuano: “Nerežišće”
  • Chinese: “內勒茲卡”
  • Croatian: “Nerežišća”
  • Czech: “Nerežišća”
  • Czech: “Nerežišča”
  • Dutch: “Nerezisca”
  • Dutch: “Nerežišća”
  • French: “Nerezisca”
  • French: “Nerežišća”
  • German: “Nerežišća”
  • Hungarian: “Nerežišća”
  • Italian: “Neresi”
  • Latin: “Neresis”
  • Lombard: “Neresi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nerežišća”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nerežišća”
  • Polish: “Nerežišća”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Nerežišća, Split-Dalmația”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Nerežišća”
  • Serbian: “Nerežišća”
  • Serbian: “Нережишћа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nerežišća”
  • Slovak: “Nerežišća”
  • Slovak: “Nerežišča”
  • Slovenian: “Nerezišča”
  • Slovenian: “Nerežišća”
  • Spanish: “Nerežišća”
  • Swedish: “Nerežišće”
  • Turkish: “Nerejişça”
  • Turkish: “Neresi”
  • Turkish: “Nerezisca”
  • Turkish: “Nerežišća”
  • Ukrainian: “Нережища”
  • Venetian: “Neresi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Nerežišća”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nerežišća”. Photo: Marijan, Public domain.