Postira

Postira
— Village —
Port in Postira with church
Postira Location of Postira within Croatia
Coordinates: 43°22′N 16°37′E / 43.367°N 16.617°E / 43.367; 16.617
Country	Croatia
County	Split-Dalmatia County
Island	Brač
Population (2001)^[1]
• Total	1,554
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	021

Postira is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia county on the island of Brač.

1 Geography
2 Economy
3 Culture
- 3.1 Sport
4 Notable persons
5 References
6 External links

Geography [edit]

The village of Postira is located on the northern coast of the island of Brač. It is connected with nearby villages Pučišća, Splitska and Dol as well as with the city of Supetar with paved road, where local bus lines operate.

The municipality has a total population of 1,554 in two settlements:^[1]

Dol, population 129
Postira, population 1,425

In the 2001 census, 97.5% of the population were Croats.

Economy [edit]

The main activities are fishing, agriculture, and tourism.

Home products are olive oil and local wine. Sardina d.d. company can fish producer from the high quality Adriatic pilchard "Sardina pilchardus".

Next to the harbour are the beaches of Prvija and Zastivanje. Beach Mala Lozna is on the east end of Postira village and far more to the east, is the very attractive sand beach, Lovrečina. Near Lovrečina beach are the ruins of a large early Christian basilica from the 5th-6th century.

There are hotels Pastura, Vrilo and Lipa in the village and many private apartments. Near the port is supermarket Studenac, bakery, bank, post and market. There are also several restaurants and tourist information center.

Culture [edit]

In the center of the village is the Church of John the Baptist (Sv. Ivan Krstitelj).

Sport [edit]

N.K. Postira ex Kolektivac is local football club.

Notable persons [edit]

(in chronological order)

Vladimir Nazor - poet and writer, who was born in Postira (1876–1949)
Josip Skaric dr.med. (1889–1975) founder of the Higijenski zavod the first bacterology station in Balkan region
Ivan Matij Skaric dr.theology, Croatian translated interpretation of the Holy Bible (1793–1871)
Žan Jakopač, leader of Šo!Mazgoon band

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b "Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011, First Results by Settlements" (HTML). Statistical Reports (in Croatian and English) (Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics) (1441). June 2011. ISSN 1332-0297. Retrieved 2011-08-14.

External links [edit]

Home page Postira: Home page Postira
WindSURF-Postira.com: Windsurfers from Postira
Sardina d.d. company
Postira-Brač Online

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v t e Settlements of Brač

City of Supetar (4,233)	Supetar (3,326) Mirca (327) Splitska (398) Škrip (172)

Municipality of Bol (1,693)	Bol (1,671) Murvica (22)

Municipality of Milna (1,042)	Bobovišća (70) Ložišća (139) Milna (833)

Municipality of Nerežišća (892)	Donji Humac (165) Dračevica (93) Nerežišća (634)

Municipality of Postira (1,611)	Dol (130) Postira (1,481)

Municipality of Pučišća (2,263)	Gornji Humac (275) Pražnica (377) Pučišća (1,611)

Municipality of Selca (1,860)	Novo Selo (153) Povlja (344) Selca (872) Sumartin (491)

Municipality of Sutivan (850)	Sutivan (850)

v t e Subdivisions of Split-Dalmatia County

Cities and towns	Hvar Imotski Kaštela Komiža Makarska Omiš Sinj Solin Split (seat) Stari Grad Supetar Trilj Trogir Vis Vrgorac Vrlika

Municipalities	Baška Voda Bol Brela Cista Provo Dicmo Dugi Rat Dugopolje Gradac Hrvace Jelsa Klis Lećevica Lokvičići Lovreć Marina Milna Muć Nerežišća Okrug Otok Podbablje Podgora Podstrana Postira Prgomet Primorski Dolac Proložac Pučišća Runovići Seget Selca Sućuraj Sutivan Šestanovac Šolta Tučepi Zadvarje Zagvozd Zmijavci

Coordinates: 43°23′N 16°38′E / 43.383°N 16.633°E / 43.383; 16.633

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