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Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Krk

Town Krk

The Town Krk is the administrative and political centre of the island of in . Old town is inside the town walls built in Roman times and in the middle ages.
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  • Type: Town with 3,940 residents
  • Description: town and settlement in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
  • Also known as: “Krk”, “Veglia”, and “Veja”
  • Neighbors:
Photo: Viktar Palstsiuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Krk Cathedral and Frankopan Castle.

Church
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The or fully Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a cathedral in the town of Krk on the northern Adriatic island of , .

Castle
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is a castle located on the southwest coast of the , in the ancient town of Krk, which is one of the oldest towns in the Adriatic, in .

Islet
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is a relatively small island in Puntarska Draga bay off the coast of , facing , in the Adriatic Sea, . It is approximately 300 meters in diameter and covers an area of 6.5 hectares and is rich in vegetation. is situated 3½ km east of Town Krk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Punat and Kornić.

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lies on the eastern coast of the bay of on the island of in . It is well protected against storm, as well as the whole bay of .

Village
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is a on the island of , . is situated 3½ km northeast of Town Krk.

Village
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is a on the island of , just to the west of and . Administratively, it is part of the town of Krk. As of 2021, it had 32 inhabitants. A chapel dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua is located in .

Town Krk

Latitude
45.027° or 45° 1′ 37″ north
Longitude
14.5753° or 14° 34′ 31″ east
Population
3,940
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
IATA airport code
RJK
United Nations Location Code
HR KRK
Open location code
8FQP2HGG+Q4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 247369379
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3197208
Wiki­data ID
Q13274
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Town Krk” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Krk”
  • Asturian: “Krk”
  • Belarusian: “Крк (горад)”
  • Belarusian: “Крк”
  • Bosnian: “Krk”
  • Breton: “Krk”
  • Bulgarian: “Крък”
  • Catalan: “Krk”
  • Cebuano: “Krk”
  • Central Kurdish: “کرک”
  • Chinese: “克尔克”
  • Chinese: “克爾克”
  • Croatian: “Krk”
  • Czech: “Krk”
  • Danish: “Krk”
  • Dutch: “Krk”
  • Esperanto: “Krk”
  • Estonian: “Krk”
  • French: “Krk”
  • German: “Grad Krk”
  • German: “Krk”
  • Greek: “Κρκ”
  • Greek: “Κύρικον”
  • Greek: “Κυρικτική”
  • Hungarian: “Krk”
  • Hungarian: “Veglia”
  • Interlingue: “Krk”
  • Italian: “Krk”
  • Italian: “Veglia”
  • Korean: “크르크”
  • Latin: “Curicta”
  • Latin: “Vegla”
  • Latvian: “Krka”
  • Lithuanian: “Krkas”
  • Lombard: “Veglia (cità)”
  • Lombard: “Veglia”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Krk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Krk kommune”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Krk”
  • Persian: “کرک، کرواسی”
  • Persian: “کرک”
  • Polish: “Krk”
  • Romanian: “Krk”
  • Russian: “Крк”
  • Serbian: “Крк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Krk”
  • Slovak: “Krk”
  • Slovenian: “Krk”
  • Spanish: “Krk”
  • Spanish: “Veglia”
  • Swedish: “Krk”
  • Tatar: “Крк”
  • Turkish: “Krk”
  • Turkish: “Vage”
  • Turkish: “Vake”
  • Turkish: “Veglia”
  • Turkish: “Veliya”
  • Ukrainian: “Крк”
  • Venetian: “Veglia (çità)”
  • Venetian: “Veglia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Krk”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Town Krk”. Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.