Punat

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Punat
Municipality
Punat Location of Punat in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°00′52.92″N 14°37′44.04″E / 45.0147000°N 14.6289000°E / 45.0147000; 14.6289000
Country	Croatia
County	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Settlements	Punat, Stara Baška
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Strčić
Area [1]
• Municipality	34.0 km2 (13.1 sq mi)
• Urban	20.6 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Municipality	1,900
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
• Urban	1,784
• Urban density	87/km2 (220/sq mi)
Postal code	51521
Website	punat.hr

Punat is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia on the island of Krk. The municipality has a population of 1,900, with 90% Croats (2021). With Stara Baška being the only other settlement in the municipality, the village of Punat itself has a population of 1,784.^[2] The town first appears in writings from 1377 AD, but the exact date of its foundation is not known. In the bay, there is the little island of Košljun.