Risika
Risika | |
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Village | |
View of Risika | |
Risika Risika | |
| Coordinates: 45°06′18″N 14°38′49″E / 45.10494°N 14.64681°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| Municipality | Vrbnik |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.3 km2 (4.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 154 |
| • Density | 13.6/km2 (35.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Risika is a village on the eastern side of the Croatian island of Krk. It is part of the municipality of Vrbnik. As of 2021, it had 154 inhabitants.[2] The ruins of an old Frankopan castle, Gradec Castle (Croatian: Kaštel Gradec), are to be found just to the southwest of the village.
Religion
Its Catholic parish was founded in 1933, and its parish church was built in 1861. In 1939, its parish had 916 souls, plus 120 outside the country.[3]
List of parish priests of Risika:
Governance
Local
It is the seat of its own local committee.[5]
References
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Draganović 1939, p. 239
- ^ Draganović 1939, p. 239
- ^ DGU (2025). "Mjesna samouprava". Geoportal.dgu.hr (in Serbo-Croatian).
Bibliography
- Draganović, Krunoslav (1939-04-20). Opći šematizam Katoličke crkve u Jugoslaviji. Sarajevo: Akademija "Regina Apostolorum".
External links
Media related to Risika at Wikimedia Commons