Bakar | |
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| Grad Bakar Town of Bakar | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Bakar Location of Bakar in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°19′40″N 14°32′10″E / 45.32778°N 14.53611°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Primorje-Gorski Kotar County |
| Settled | 1st century |
| Named | 1288 |
| Free city | May 13, 1798 |
| Royal Borough | April 23, 1799 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tomislav Klarić (HDZ) |
| • City Council | 15 members[1] |
| Area | |
• Town | 125.5 km2 (48.5 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3.0 km2 (1.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Town | 7,573 |
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,187 |
| • Urban density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | 051 |
| Website | bakar |
Bakar (Italian: Buccari; Hungarian: Szádrév) is a town in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The population of the town was 8,279 according to the 2011 Croatian census, including 1,473 in the titular settlement.[4] Ninety percent of the population declared themselves Croats by ethnicity. The largest ethnic minority are the Serbs with 2.91% of the population. The old part of Bakar is situated on a hill overlooking the Bay of Bakar. Bakar is the Croatian word for "copper".
Bakar is a port for bulk cargo and used to be known for its industrial complex that included a coke factory, which produced a considerable amount of pollution. Bakar's coke factory was closed in 1995 and the area's pollution has subsided significantly. The historical core of Bakar was registered as a cultural monument in 1968. [5]
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- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Bakar". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ Černeka, Fabijan. "Naša mjesta". www.tz-bakar.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.