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Valun Vallòn di Cherso | |
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Village | |
 Valun city centre | |
  Valun | |
| Coordinates: 44°54′19″N 14°21′35″E / 44.90524°N 14.35980°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| Town | Cres |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.3 km2 (3.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 64 |
| • Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 51557 |
| Area code | 051 |
| Vehicle registration | RI |
Valun (Italian: Vallòn di Cherso) is a village located on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar. Administratively, it is part of the town of Cres. As of 2021, it had a population of 64.[2]
Valun is a fisherman’s village located to the southwest of the town of Cres. The village of Valun was founded as a port of the now abandoned village of Bućov.
The village is famous for being the location where one of the oldest Croatian Glagolitic inscriptions, the Valun tablet, was found.
References
[edit]- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
External links
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