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 Satellite image of Cres | |
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  Cres | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Adriatic Sea |
| Coordinates | 44°57′36″N 14°24′29″E / 44.96000°N 14.40806°E |
| Area | 405.78 km2 (156.67 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 639 m (2096 ft)[1] |
| Highest point | Gorice |
| Administration | |
Croatia | |
| County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| Largest settlement | Cres (pop. 2289) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 3079 (2011)[1] |
| Pop. density | 7.58/km2 (19.63/sq mi) |
| Additional information | |
| Official website | www |
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Cres (Croatian pronunciation: [t͡srês];[2] Dalmatian: Crepsa, Venetian: Cherso, Italian: Cherso, Latin: Crepsa, Greek: Χέρσος) is an Adriatic island in Croatia. It is one of the northern islands in the Kvarner Gulf and can be reached via ferry from Rijeka, Krk island or from the Istrian peninsula (line Brestova-Porozina).
With an area of 405.78 square kilometres (156.67 sq mi),[3] Cres has the same size as the neighbouring Krk island.[citation needed] In 2011, Cres had a population of 3,079 people.[1][4]
In the past,[when?] Cres and the neighbouring island of Lošinj used to be one island, but now they are divided by a channel and connected by a bridge that starts from the town of Osor. Cres's only freshwater source is Lake Vrana.
- ^ a b c Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 47. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "Cres". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Zagreb: Znanje i Srce. 2006. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Duplančić Leder, Tea; Ujević, Tin; Čala, Mendi (June 2004). "Coastline lengths and areas of islands in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea determined from the topographic maps at the scale of 1 : 25 000" (PDF). Geoadria. 9 (1). Zadar: 5–32. doi:10.15291/geoadria.127. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Cres". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.