Vrsi

Municipality and settlement in Zadar, Croatia

Place in Zadar, Croatia

44°16′00″N 15°14′00″E / 44.26667°N 15.23333°E / 44.26667; 15.23333Country

CroatiaCountyZadarArea

^[1]

• Total37.0 km² (14.3 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Total2,045 • Density55/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Websitevrsi.hr

Vrsi is a settlement and municipality in Croatia in the Zadar County.

In the 2011 census, there were a total of 2,053 inhabitants, in the following settlements:^[3]

Poljica, population 426
Vrsi, population 1,627

The name translates as "above", "on the top".

The village of Vrsi was first mentioned in written documents in 1387.^[4]

Since 2006, Vrsi is classified as municipality.

Politics

Minority councils and representatives

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.^[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Serbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Vrsi but the elections were not held due to the absence of candidatures.^[6]

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Vrsi". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Vrsi | Hrvatska enciklopedija".
^ "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIII. ZADARSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF) (in Croatian). Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske. 2023. p. 19. Retrieved 13 June 2023.