Primorje-Gorski Kotar County

Primorje – Gorski Kotar County
Primorsko-goranska županija
Flag of Primorje – Gorski Kotar County
Coat of arms of Primorje – Gorski Kotar County
Primorje – Gorski Kotar County within Croatia
Primorje – Gorski Kotar County within Croatia
CountryCroatia
County seatRijeka
Government
 • ŽupanZlatko Komadina (SDP)
 • County Council
41 members
Area
 • Total3,588 km2 (1,385 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total266,183
 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Area code051
ISO 3166 codeHR-08
HDI (2022)0.906[3]
very high · 2nd
Websitewww.pgz.hr

Primorje – Gorski Kotar County (Croatian: Primorsko-goranska županija, pronounced [prǐːmorsko-ɡǒranskaː ʒupǎnija]) is a county in western Croatia, most of it based in the historical and cultural region called Croatia proper and some of it in Istria, including the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littoral, and the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar. Its center is Rijeka. The county's population was 296,195 at the 2011 census.

The county includes the island territories of Krk, Cres, Lošinj and Rab. It borders Slovenia.

The county is divided:

  1. ^ 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. 62. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.