Vir (municipality)

Vir
Vir
municipality
	Vir
	Coordinates: 44°18′N 15°5′E / 44.300°N 15.083°E
Country	Croatia
County	Zadar County
Area
• Total	22.2 km2 (8.6 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	3,045
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23234 Vir
Area code	023
Website	vir.hr

Vir is a municipality on the eponymous island of Vir in Zadar County, Croatia. The municipality was established in 1993, incorporating three settlements, that of Lozice, Torovi and Vir, and the islet of Školjčić.^[3]^[4] Before the independence of Croatia, Vir was administratively part of the former Municipality of Zadar.^[3]

Demographics

Municipality of Vir: Population trends 1857–2021

population	358	345	503	554	604	662	1000	854	1072	1120	1069	959	866	860	1608	3000	3045
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

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 Bosniaks of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Vir with 9 members being elected in the end.^[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" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Opće informacije". Općina Vir (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2023-07-08.
^ "Zakon o područjima županija, gradova i općina u Republici Hrvatskoj". Narodne novine (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2023-06-07.
^ "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. 18. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

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[1] Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.

[Census_2021-2] "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.

[opcina-opce-3] "Opće informacije". Općina Vir (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2023-07-08.

[4] "Zakon o područjima županija, gradova i općina u Republici Hrvatskoj". Narodne novine (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2023-06-07.

[T-Portal-5] "Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije". T-portal. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[ZŽ-Manjine-2023-6] "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. 18. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

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v t e Subdivisions of Zadar County
Cities and towns	Benkovac Biograd na Moru Nin Obrovac Pag Zadar (seat)	Coat of arms of Zadar County
Municipalities	Bibinje Galovac Gračac Jasenice Kali Kolan Kukljica Lišane Ostrovičke Novigrad Pakoštane Pašman Polača Poličnik Posedarje Povljana Preko Privlaka Ražanac Sali Škabrnja Stankovci Starigrad Sukošan Sveti Filip i Jakov Tkon Vir Vrsi Zemunik Donji	Coat of arms of Zadar County