Punat

Punat
Municipality
Punat is located in Croatia
Punat
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
SettlementsPunat, Stara Baška
Government
 • MayorDaniel Strčić
Area
 • Municipality34.0 km2 (13.1 sq mi)
 • Urban
20.6 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality1,900
 • Density56/km2 (140/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,784
 • Urban density87/km2 (220/sq mi)
Postal code
51521
Websitepunat.hr
Punat

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.

  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.