Osor, Croatia

Osor
Ossero
Village
View of Osor
View of Osor
Osor is located in Croatia
Osor
Osor
Coordinates: 44°41′38″N 14°23′35″E / 44.69390°N 14.39296°E / 44.69390; 14.39296
Country Croatia
County Primorje-Gorski Kotar
TownMali Lošinj
Area
 • Total24.7 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total26
 • Density1.1/km2 (2.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
51554
Area code051
Vehicle registrationRI
Osor channel between the islands Lošinj and Cres, Croatia
Sunset in Osor

Osor (Italian: Ossero) is a village and a small port on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. Administratively, it is part of the town of Mali Lošinj. As of 2021, it had a population of 26.[2]

Osor lies at a narrow channel that separates the islands of Cres and Lošinj. The channel was built in Roman times to make sailing possible. Now the islands are connected with a rotating bridge. Originally, Cres and Lošinj were one island, Osor, before the channel was cut.

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.