Punat | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Punat in Croatia |
Coordinates: | 45.0147°N 14.6289°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
Parts Type: | Settlements |
Parts: | Punat, Stara Baška |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Daniel Strčić |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 34.0 |
Area Urban Km2: | 20.6 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1900 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 1784 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 51521 |
Punat is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia on the island of Krk. The municipality has a population of 1,900, with 90% Croats (2021). With Stara Baška being the only other settlement in the municipality, the village of Punat itself has a population of 1,784. The town first appears in writings from 1377 AD, but the exact date of its foundation is not known. In the bay, there is the little island of Košljun.