Važminec

Važminec Važminež Vasminezzo
Ghost village
Važminec
Coordinates: 45.13692°N 14.34234°E / 45.13692; 14.34234
Country	Croatia
County	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Town	Cres
Area [1]
• Total	13.6 km^2 (5.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	0
• Density	0.0/km^2 (0.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	51559
Area code	051
Vehicle registration	RI

Važminec or Važminež[2] (Italian: Vasminezzo) is a ghost village located on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar. Administratively, it is part of the town of Cres. In 2021, it had 0 inhabitants.[2] The village once had a population of 85, in 1880, but the latest year in which the census recorded a population in Važminec is 1991, with 8 inhabitants.[3]

See also

• List of former populated places in Croatia

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. "Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001". Croatian Bureau of Statistics (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-08-24.