Cres
Cres is an Adriatic island in west Croatia. It is one of the northern islands in the Kvarner Gulf and can be reached via ferry from Rijeka, Krk island or from the Istrian peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Beli
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Beli is a village in Croatia. It is located on the island of Cres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cres and Merag.
Cres
Town
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Cres is a town located on the island of Cres which is directly off the Istrian Peninsula and in the Kvarner Gulf off the northern coast of Croatia. As of 2021, the town had a population of 2,716 inhabitants, which makes it the largest municipality on the island.
Merag
Village
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Merag is a village in Croatia, located on the east coast of Cres. It is connected by ferry to Valbiska on Krk and is accessed via the D101 road which is connected to the D100 road, the main road on the island of Cres. The village has a population of 10.
Loznati
Village
Loznati is a village located on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar. Administratively, it is part of the town of Cres. As of 2021, it had a population of 36.
Cres
- Type: Locality with 2,190 residents
- Description: island of Croatia
- Also known as: “Čerzo”, “Cherso”, and “Kersch”
- Category: island
- Location: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Kvarner, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Venetian—“Cres” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Cres”
- Arabic: “كريس”
- Basque: “Cres”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Црэс”
- Belarusian: “Црэс”
- Bosnian: “Cres”
- Breton: “Cres”
- Bulgarian: “Црес”
- Catalan: “Cherso”
- Catalan: “Cres”
- Catalan: “Kersch”
- Cebuano: “Cres”
- Chinese: “茨雷斯島”
- Croatian: “Cres”
- Czech: “Cres”
- Danish: “Cres”
- Dutch: “Cherso”
- Dutch: “Cres”
- Dutch: “Kersch”
- Esperanto: “Cherso”
- Esperanto: “Cres”
- Esperanto: “Kersch”
- Esperanto: “Kreso”
- Estonian: “Cres”
- Estonian: “Cresi saar”
- Finnish: “Cres”
- French: “Cherso”
- French: “Cres”
- French: “Île de Cres”
- French: “Kersch”
- Galician: “Cres”
- Georgian: “ცრესი”
- German: “Cherso”
- German: “Cres”
- German: “Isola di Cherso”
- German: “Kersch”
- Greek: “Κρες”
- Greek: “Τσρες”
- Hebrew: “צרס”
- Hungarian: “Cres”
- Icelandic: “Cres”
- Indonesian: “Cres”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Cres”
- Interlingue: “Cres”
- Italian: “Cherso”
- Italian: “Cres”
- Italian: “Kersch”
- Japanese: “ツレス島”
- Korean: “츠레스섬”
- Latin: “Crepsa”
- Latvian: “Cresa”
- Lithuanian: “Cherso”
- Lithuanian: “Cres”
- Lithuanian: “Cresas”
- Lithuanian: “Kresas”
- Macedonian: “Црес”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cres”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cres”
- Norwegian: “Cres”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cres”
- Persian: “کرس”
- Polish: “Cres”
- Portuguese: “Cherso”
- Portuguese: “Cres”
- Portuguese: “Kersch”
- Romanian: “Cres”
- Russian: “Црес”
- Serbian: “Cres”
- Serbian: “Црес”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cres”
- Slovak: “Cres”
- Slovenian: “Cres”
- Spanish: “Cherso”
- Spanish: “Cres”
- Spanish: “Kersch”
- Swedish: “Cherso”
- Swedish: “Cres”
- Swedish: “Kersch”
- Thai: “เกาะสเรส”
- Turkish: “Cres”
- Ukrainian: “Црес”
- Upper Sorbian: “Cres”
- Venetian: “Cherso”
- “Cherso”
- “Cres”
- “Kersch”
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