Milna, Brač
Municipality in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
Place in Split-Dalmatia, Croatia
43°24′00″N 16°19′36″E / 43.40000°N 16.32667°E / 43.40000; 16.32667
Croatia (2021)[2]
Milna is a village and municipality on the western side of the island of Brač, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.[3]
In the 2011 census, the municipality had a total population of 1,034, in the following settlements:[4]
It is situated in a deep bay oriented towards the island of Mrduja and Split Channel, on the west. The village was settled in the 16th century, by shepherds from Nerežišća.[5]
Milna is known for the Chakavian dialect being spoken here, the only part of the island where this is the case.
Milna was attacked during the Battle of the Dalmatian channels on November 14, 1991, the only settlement on Brač that has been directly attacked during the Croatian War of Independence.
References
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Croatia by Jeanne Oliver
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Milna". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ Footprint Croatia by Jane Foster. Chapter Milna page 238.
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Settlements of Brač
- Donji Humac (177)
- Dračevica (63)
- Nerežišća (637)
- Gornji Humac (277)
- Pražnica (306)
- Pučišća (1,351)
- Sutivan (963)
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