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Key facts
- Country
- Croatia
- County
- Split-Dalmatia
- Island
- Hvar
- Mayor
- Šime Ravlić ( HDZ )
- City council
- 13 members • SDP (4) • HDZ (4) • MOST (2) • HSS (1) • ŽZ (1) • Independent (1)
- Town
- 75.7 km (29.2 sq mi)
- Urban
- 27.8 km (10.7 sq mi)
- Density
- 52.6/km (136/sq mi)
- Urban density
- 127/km (328/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Area code
- 021
- Website
- hvar .hr
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- lesignani
- Country
- Croatia
- Located in
- Split-Dalmatia County
- Population
- 3979
- Area
- 27.8
- Elevation
- 0
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Adriatic Sea
- Shares border with
- Jelsa
- Official website
- www.hvar.hr
- Image
- Aerial image of Hvar (view from the south).jpg
- Dialing code
- 021
- Licence plate code
- ST
- Patron saint
- Stephen I
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- topic's main category
- Category:Hvar (city)
- twinned administrative body
- Santa Maria di Sala
- Commons category
- Hvar
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hvar
- located in/on physical feature
- Hvar
- postal code
- 21450
- contains settlement
- Milna, Hvar
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Encyclopedic overview
Hvar (Chakavian: For, Italian: Lesina) is a town and port on the island of the same name, part of Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. The municipality has a population of 4,251 (2011) while the town itself is inhabited by 3,771 people, making it the largest settlement on the island of Hvar. It is situated on a bay in the south coast of the island, opposite from the other nearby towns of Stari Grad and Jelsa.
The town of Hvar has a long and distinguished history as center for trade and culture in the Adriatic. A commune, part of the Venetian Empire during the 13th to 18th centuries, it was an important naval base with a strong fortress above, encircling the town walls and protecting the port. Cultural life thrived as prosperity grew, and Hvar is the site of one of the oldest surviving theatres in Europe, opened in 1612. The seven-hundred-year-old walls still survive, as do many of the noble houses and public buildings from the 15th – 17th centuries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hvar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.