Trogir

Trogir
Traù
Grad Trogir
Town of Trogir
Clockwise from top: Old town of Trogir, Old city town with Church of St. Sebastian with Clock Tower, Trogir Cathedral, Trogir's promenade, Courthouse Palace and Neo-Gothic Palace, turned school of Petar Berislavić
Flag of Trogir
Coat of arms of Trogir
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Trogir is located in Croatia
Trogir
Trogir
Location of Trogir in Croatia
Coordinates: 43°31′0.85″N 16°15′4.91″E / 43.5169028°N 16.2513639°E / 43.5169028; 16.2513639
Country Croatia
County Split-Dalmatia
Government
 • MayorAnte Bilić (SDP)
Area
 • Town39.3 km2 (15.2 sq mi)
 • Urban
11.6 km2 (4.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Town12,393
 • Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
 • Urban
10,107
 • Urban density870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
21220
Area code021
Websitetrogir.hr
Historic City of Trogir
UNESCO World Heritage Site
CriteriaCultural: ii, iv
Reference810
Inscription1997 (21st Session)
Area6.4 ha
Buffer zone4.8 ha

Trogir (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈtrɔ.ɡiːr]; Latin: Tragurium; Ancient Greek: Τραγύριον, Tragyrion or Τραγούριον, Tragourion[3]), historically known as Traù[4] (from Dalmatian, Venetian and Italian: pronounced [traˈu]) is a historic town and harbour on the Adriatic coast in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia, with a population of 10,923 (2011)[5] and a total municipal population of 13,192 (2011). The historic city of Trogir is situated on a small island between the Croatian mainland and the island of Čiovo.[6] It lies 27 kilometres (17 miles) west of the city of Split.

Since 1997, the historic centre of Trogir has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites[7] for its Venetian architecture.

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ Polybius (1839). "Polybii Historiarum reliquiae". google.gr. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. ^ Venezia e Dalmazia. 2016. p. 369.
  5. ^ Croatian Census 2001 (Popis stanovništva 2001)
  6. ^ Frommer's Croatia by Karen Torme Olson & Sanja Bazulic Olson
  7. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Historic City of Trogir". unesco.org. Retrieved 1 August 2015.