Town of Novalja on Pag island

Pag island presented as the island with the longest coastline in Croatia

The Ministry of Regional Development and European Union Funds has established the Register of Islands. The aim of the Register of Islands is data and cartographic recording of 78 islands, 524 islets and 642 cliffs, creating databases for the island area that will serve as a basis for the preparation of analytical reports necessary for further guidance and policy of island development.

The register is designed as an integrated information system of island indicators with connection to web services of more than 30 public bodies in the Republic of Croatia that have data on islands within their competence, thus creating a common state information infrastructure. In the Register, the island of Pag is presented as the island with the longest coastline.

The Register also contains a number of other data, such as:

  • The Republic of Croatia has 1,244 islands, islets and cliffs, of which 78 are islands, 524 islets and 642 cliffs
  • The Croatian archipelago is the second-largest archipelago in the Mediterranean
  • Every 32nd inhabitant of the Republic of Croatia is an islander
  • 69.5% of the Croatian coast are islands
  • Without the islands, the territorial sea of ​​the Republic of Croatia would be two thirds less
  • The highest island peak is Vidova Gora on the island of Brač with 778 meters above sea level
  • The island of Pag has the longest coastline
  • The largest area is the island of Cres
  • The longest island is the island of Hvar
  • The most inhabited island is the island of Krk with 19,383 inhabitants
  • The densest settlement is the island of Krapanj
  • Croatian islands are among the sunniest parts of Europe

Croatia invested 24 billion HRK in the islands n last 14 years

Almost 14 billion HRK has been invested in Croatian islands in the past 14 years, an average of 1.7 billion a year, the Government representative in Parliament pointed out on Wednesday, reporting on the effects of the implementation of the law on islands in 2018 and 2019.

Croatia systematically takes care of its islands, it is clear who invested how much in them, say HDZ members Danica Baričević and Branka Juričev Martinčev, who also conveys the request of the islanders to respect the specifics of the islands in the laws.

The islands, which are 49 inhabited, have shown that politics when there are communities, can yield good results, says Josip Boric (HDZ), satisfied with the state’s investments and funds being withdrawn from the EU, fleet renewal, and solving landfill problems.

Without disputing the growth of investments in the islands in the two years in question, Mirela Ahmetović (SDP) attributes this not only to the effects of the law but, in the case of her island of Krk, to the management efficiency of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.

She is dissatisfied with the fact that Hrvatska pošta, which has record profits, has invested only 430 thousand HRK in the islands for the purchase of air conditioners.

Sandra Benčić (ZLB) emphasizes investment in quality education. Not only in the buildings but also in the equipment, materials, quality of school and extracurricular programs that the island’s children can attend, she pointed out, advocating that certain news be offered to them.

The report you are submitting is more about investments than effects, said Vesna Vučemilović (DP) to State Secretary at the Ministry of Regional Development Spomenka Đurić, interested in demographic trends.

The largest positive deviations are recorded in the municipalities of Vir, Šolta and Sutivan on Brač, while the number of inhabitants is recorded in the municipalities and towns on the Pelješac peninsula and the islands of Korčula and Lastovo, she said.

Đurić also reported that we have 45 permanently or occasionally inhabited islands, 51 maritime lines, 58 health centres with branches, 69 kindergartens, 102 primary and 13 secondary schools, 23 homes for the elderly and infirm.

Source: Radiopag.hr, Slobodnadalmacija.hr