List of cities and towns in Croatia

An urbanized area in Croatia can gain the status of grad (which can be translated as town or city as there is no distinction between the two terms in Croatian) if it meets one of the following requirements:

  1. is the center of a county (županija), or
  2. has more than 10,000 residents, or
  3. is defined by an exception

Grad (city/town) is the local administrative equivalent of općina (translated as "municipality"), with the only distinction being that the former usually comprise urban areas whereas the latter commonly consist of a group of villages. Note that both municipalities and city/towns often comprise more than one settlement, as the administrative territory of a grad may include suburban villages or hamlets near the city/town in question. Individual settlements (or naselje in Croatian) are the smallest statistical unit counted by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics but are not administrative entities, i.e. they are governed by the municipal or city/town council of the local administrative unit they belong to.

List of cities and towns

The following is a complete list of all officially designated 128 cities/towns in Croatia, sorted by population according to the 2011 population census. At the time of the previous census in 2001 there had been 123 cities/towns in the country and four former municipalities were administratively upgraded to towns prior to the 2011 census: Vodnjan (in 2003), and Kutjevo, Otok, and Sveta Nedelja (in 2006). In addition, the table includes data for Popovača, also a former municipality which was re-designated as town in the latest administrative revision in April 2013.[3]

The Municipal column in the table lists total population within the geographical boundary of the local administrative subdivision. This means that the figure often includes other smaller settlements such as villages or hamlets located on the outskirts or near the city/town proper. In contrast, the Town proper column lists only population of the city/town proper, without the smaller settlements which administratively belong to the city. Both numbers are given as in some cases the figures may vary dramatically (for example Velika Gorica with nearby settlements has a population of around 63,000 but the town proper has only 31,000 residents).

Note that the town of Kaštela is a unique exception in that it only exists as an administrative unit - it is legally treated as an agglomeration of seven separate settlements with populations ranging from 3,000 to 7,000, none of which is actually called "Kaštela". Its town council is located in Kaštel Sućurac.

Another set of exceptions arises from the special status of the City of Zagreb, which is considered both a county and a city, and is further subdivided into districts and into settlements. Unlike its other districts, the district of Sesvete still has the status of a standalone settlement with a population of about 70,000. This would make it a large city in itself, but it does not have the administrative status of a city.[4][5]

      ¤ County seat. Note that there is a total of 21 counties of Croatia but only 20 county seats - the capital Zagreb doubles as a county (called City of Zagreb or Grad Zagreb) and the seat of the separate Zagreb County (Zagrebačka županija) which surrounds Zagreb but does not actually include the capital city).

#1 Zagreb
#2 Split
#3 Rijeka
#4 Osijek
#5 Zadar
#6 Velika Gorica
#7 Slavonski Brod
#8 Pula
#9 Karlovac
#10 Sisak
#11 Varaždin
#12 Šibenik
#13 Dubrovnik
#14 Bjelovar
#15 Kaštela
City / town County Municipal Town proper
2011 pop. Rank 2011 pop. Rank
Zagreb ¤City of Zagreb 790,017
1
 688,163
1
Split ¤Split-Dalmatia 178,102
2
 167,121
2
Rijeka ¤Primorje-Gorski Kotar 128,624
3
 128,384
3
Osijek ¤Osijek-Baranja 108,048
4
 84,104
4
Zadar ¤Zadar 75,062
5
 71,471
5
Velika GoricaZagreb 63,517
6
 31,553
13
Slavonski Brod ¤Brod-Posavina 59,141
7
 53,531
7
PulaIstria 57,460
8
 57,460
6
Karlovac ¤Karlovac 55,705
9
 46,833
8
Sisak ¤Sisak-Moslavina 47,768
10
 33,322
11
Varaždin ¤Varaždin 46,946
11
 38,839
9
Šibenik ¤Šibenik-Knin 46,332
12
 34,302
10
Dubrovnik ¤Dubrovnik-Neretva 42,615
13
 28,434
14
Bjelovar ¤Bjelovar-Bilogora 40,276
14
 27,024
15
KaštelaSplit-Dalmatia 38,667
15
 &
—
—
SamoborZagreb 37,633
16
 15,956
22
VinkovciVukovar-Srijem 35,312
17
 32,029
12
Koprivnica ¤Koprivnica-Križevci 30,854
18
 23,955
17
ĐakovoOsijek-Baranja 27,745
19
 19,491
21
Vukovar ¤Vukovar-Srijem 27,683
20
 26,468
16
Čakovec ¤Međimurje 27,104
21
 15,147
25
Požega ¤Požega-Slavonia 26,248
22
 19,506
20
ZaprešićZagreb 25,223
23
 19,644
19
SinjSplit-Dalmatia 24,826
24
 11,478
32
PetrinjaSisak-Moslavina 24,671
25
 15,683
23
SolinSplit-Dalmatia 23,926
26
 20,212
18
KutinaSisak-Moslavina 22,760
27
 13,735
27
Virovitica ¤Virovitica-Podravina 21,291
28
 14,688
26
KriževciKoprivnica-Križevci 21,122
29
 11,231
33
Sveta NedeljaZagreb 18,059
30
 1,338
119
Dugo SeloZagreb 17,466
31
 10,453
36
MetkovićDubrovnik-Neretva 16,788
32
 15,329
24
PorečIstria 16,696
33
 9,790
39
NašiceOsijek-Baranja 16,224
34
 7,888
44
Sveti Ivan ZelinaZagreb 15,959
35
 2,764
96
JastrebarskoZagreb 15,866
36
 5,493
61
KninŠibenik-Knin 15,407
37
 10,633
35
OmišSplit-Dalmatia 14,936
38
 6,462
54
VrbovecZagreb 14,797
39
 4,947
64
Ivanić-GradZagreb 14,548
40
 9,379
40
RovinjIstria 14,294
41
 13,056
29
Nova GradiškaBrod-Posavina 14,229
42
 11,821
31
OgulinKarlovac 13,915
43
 8,216
42
MakarskaSplit-Dalmatia 13,834
44
 13,426
28
IvanecVaraždin 13,758
45
 5,234
62
SlatinaVirovitica-Podravina 13,686
46
 10,208
38
NovskaSisak-Moslavina 13,518
47
 7,028
47
UmagIstria 13,467
48
 7,281
46
Novi MarofVaraždin 13,246
49
 1,956
109
TrogirSplit-Dalmatia 13,192
50
 10,923
34
Gospić ¤Lika-Senj 12,745
51
 6,575
52
Krapina ¤Krapina-Zagorje 12,480
52
 4,471
70
ŽupanjaVukovar-Srijem 12,090
53
 12,090
30
PopovačaSisak-Moslavina 11,905
54
4,207
75
OpatijaPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 11,659
55
 6,657
51
LabinIstria 11,642
56
 6,893
48
DaruvarBjelovar-Bilogora 11,633
57
 8,567
41
ValpovoOsijek-Baranja 11,563
58
 7,406
45
PleternicaPožega-Slavonia 11,323
59
 3,418
85
Duga ResaKarlovac 11,180
60
 6,011
59
CrikvenicaPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 11,122
61
 6,860
49
BenkovacZadar 11,026
62
 2,866
91
BelišćeOsijek-Baranja 10,825
63
 6,518
53
ImotskiSplit-Dalmatia 10,764
64
 4,757
67
GarešnicaBjelovar-Bilogora 10,472
65
 3,874
79
KastavPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 10,440
66
 10,440
37
PločeDubrovnik-Neretva 10,135
67
 6,013
58
Beli ManastirOsijek-Baranja 10,068
68
 8,049
43
OtočacLika-Senj 9,778
69
 4,240
74
Donji MiholjacOsijek-Baranja 9,491
70
 6,240
56
GlinaSisak-Moslavina 9,283
71
 4,680
69
TriljSplit-Dalmatia 9,109
72
 2,076
107
ZabokKrapina-Zagorje 8,994
73
 2,714
98
VodiceŠibenik-Knin 8,875
74
 6,755
50
Pazin ¤Istria 8,638
75
 4,386
71
LudbregVaraždin 8,478
76
 3,603
83
PakracPožega-Slavonia 8,460
77
 4,842
65
LepoglavaVaraždin 8,283
78
 4,174
76
BakarPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 8,279
79
 1,473
117
ĐurđevacKoprivnica-Križevci 8,264
80
 6,349
55
Mali LošinjPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 8,116
81
 6,091
57
ČazmaBjelovar-Bilogora 8,077
82
 2,801
95
RabPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 8,065
83
 437
126
PrelogMeđimurje 7,815
84
 4,324
73
DrnišŠibenik-Knin 7,498
85
 3,144
88
SenjLika-Senj 7,182
86
 4,810
66
OzaljKarlovac 6,817
87
 1,181
120
IlokVukovar-Srijem 6,767
88
 5,072
63
PregradaKrapina-Zagorje 6,594
89
 1,828
111
VrgoracSplit-Dalmatia 6,572
90
 2,039
108
Grubišno PoljeBjelovar-Bilogora 6,478
91
 2,917
89
Varaždinske TopliceVaraždin 6,364
92
 1,765
112
OtokVukovar-Srijem 6,343
93
 4,694
68
Mursko SredišćeMeđimurje 6,307
94
 3,444
84
KrkPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 6,281
95
 3,730
81
KutjevoPožega-Slavonia 6,247
96
 2,440
101
LipikPožega-Slavonia 6,170
97
 2,258
104
OroslavjeKrapina-Zagorje 6,138
98
 3,368
86
BuzetIstria 6,133
99
 1,679
113
VodnjanIstria 6,119
100
 3,613
82
ZlatarKrapina-Zagorje 6,096
101
 2,906
90
DelnicePrimorje-Gorski Kotar 5,952
102
 4,379
72
Donja StubicaKrapina-Zagorje 5,680
103
 2,200
105
KorčulaDubrovnik-Neretva 5,663
104
 2,856
93
Biograd na MoruZadar 5,569
105
 5,569
60
OrahovicaVirovitica-Podravina 5,304
106
 3,954
78
BujeIstria 5,182
107
 2,671
99
Novi VinodolskiPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 5,113
108
 4,005
77
SlunjKarlovac 5,076
109
 1,674
114
VrbovskoPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 5,076
110
 1,673
115
KraljevicaPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 4,618
111
 2,857
92
NovigradIstria 4,345
112
 2,622
100
ObrovacZadar 4,323
113
 996
122
HvarSplit-Dalmatia 4,251
114
 3,771
80
SupetarSplit-Dalmatia 4,074
115
 3,213
87
PagZadar 3,846
116
 2,849
94
SkradinŠibenik-Knin 3,825
117
 588
124
ČabarPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 3,770
118
 412
127
NovaljaLika-Senj 3,663
119
 2,358
102
OpuzenDubrovnik-Neretva 3,254
120
 2,729
97
KlanjecKrapina-Zagorje 2,915
121
 567
125
CresPrimorje-Gorski Kotar 2,879
122
 2,289
103
Stari GradSplit-Dalmatia 2,781
123
 1,885
110
Hrvatska KostajnicaSisak-Moslavina 2,756
124
 2,127
106
NinZadar 2,744
125
 1,132
121
VrlikaSplit-Dalmatia 2,177
126
 828
123
VisSplit-Dalmatia 1,934
127
 1,672
116
KomižaSplit-Dalmatia 1,526
128
 1,397
118

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Explanation on changes of the territorial constitution of the Republic of Croatia from 1991 to 2001". Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011 - Notes on Methodology". Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Popovača dobila status grada". Poslovni dnevnik (in Croatian). 12 April 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: City of Zagreb". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Districts of City of Zagreb, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

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