Petrčane

Petrčane
Village
Dusk from Punta Skala in Petrčane
Petrčane
Coordinates: 44°11′18″N 15°9′56″E
Country	Croatia
Region	Dalmatia
County	Zadar County
Area [1]
• Total	10.6 km^2 (4.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	572
• Density	54/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Petrčane is a dalmatian village located some 12 kilometres north of the town of Zadar, Croatia.

Petrčane, historically sometimes referred to as Petrčani, is a 900-year old village with a population of 601 as of 2011. It has a bay surrounded by two peninsulas – Punta Radman and Punta Skala. Today tourism is the main source of income for the local population who rent apartments, rooms and villas. The historical towns Nin and Zadar are a located to the north and south of the village. It was first mentioned in 1070 and had been traditionally an agricultural and fishing settlement.[3] Its inhabitants speak a distinct Croatian dialect.[4]

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. Gržan, Zvonimir (1999). Petrčki Baul. Otokar Krešovani Rijeka.
4. Bogeljic, Mihaela (2010). "An Empirical Investigation of the Theoretical Approaches to Code Switching: Petrčane as a Case Study". Central European University (MA thesis). Retrieved 2022-06-26. While standard Croatian language, as well as the Zadar variety, in many words place the accent on the first syllable, in Petrčane the accent is often put on the second syllable of the word. In the Petrčane variety, this accent will have a short falling tone, while the other varieties will have a short rising tone.

External links

Petrčane, Zadar Tourist Board https://zadar.travel/explore/petrcane/