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Split-Dalmatia
Municipality of Jelsa

Jelsa

Jelsa is a town in , on the island of , the seat of the eponymous municipality within the .
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  • Type: Village with 1,800 residents
  • Description: municipality and settlement in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
  • Also known as: “Jelsa, Croatia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hvar and St. Ivan’s (St. John’s) Church.

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is an island off the coast of with a population of about 11,000 people. Imposing fortifications hover above the fluid blend of grey stone and orange cascading roofs.

Church
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Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pitve and Vrboska.

Village
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is a settlement on the island of , in the district of Jelsa. It lies 168 metres above sea-level on the northern side of the island, in the hills above Jelsa.

Village
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is a settlement on the north coast of the island of in , , in the Municipality of Jelsa. Founded in the 15th century as a fishing harbour, the town's fortress Church of Sv. is situated 3 km northwest of Jelsa.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Jelsa.

Jelsa

Latitude
43.16081° or 43° 9′ 39″ north
Longitude
16.69314° or 16° 41′ 35″ east
Population
1,800
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
United Nations Location Code
HR JSA
Open location code
8FMR5M6V+87
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1813629739
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3198673
Wiki­data ID
Q239903
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Jelsa” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Jelsa”
  • Bosnian: “Jelsa”
  • Catalan: “Jelsa”
  • Cebuano: “Jelsa”
  • Chinese: “耶爾薩”
  • Croatian: “Jelsa”
  • Czech: “Jelsa”
  • Dutch: “Jelsa”
  • French: “Jelsa”
  • German: “Jelsa”
  • Hungarian: “Jelsa”
  • Italian: “Gelsa”
  • Japanese: “イェルサ”
  • Latin: “Civitas Vetus Ielsae”
  • Latin: “Ielsa”
  • Lombard: “Gelsa (Croazzia)”
  • Lombard: “Gelsa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jelsa på Hvar”
  • Polish: “Gmina Jelsa”
  • Polish: “Jelsa”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Jelsa, Split-Dalmația”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Jelsa”
  • Russian: “Елса”
  • Serbian: “Јелса”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jelsa”
  • Slovenian: “Jelsa”
  • Spanish: “Jelsa”
  • Swedish: “Jelsa, Kroatien”
  • Swedish: “Jelsa”
  • Turkish: “Gelsa”
  • Turkish: “Jelsa”
  • Ukrainian: “Єлса”
  • Venetian: “Gelsa (Croasia)”
  • Venetian: “Gelsa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jelsa, Croatia”

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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 “Jelsa”. Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.