Dubrovnik-Neretva County

The Dubrovnik-Neretva County [ dubrɔ̞ ː ʋnik nɛrɛtʋa ] ( kroat. Dubrovnik-Neretva županija ) is a county in the Croatian region of Dalmatia. It has an area of ​​1782 km ² and 122 568 inhabitants ( 2011 census ). Council is based in Dubrovnik.

Geography

The county comprises the southern part of Dalmatia to the city of Dubrovnik and the area of Neretvamündung, the Peljesac peninsula and the islands of Korcula, Mljet and Lastovo. In the east it borders with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast corner.

The continental territory of the county is divided by a short stretch of coastline at Neum, which belongs to the Herzegovina Neum corridor, into two parts. The southern part of Dubrovnik has no direct land connection to the rest of the Croatian state territory and thus forms an exclave of Croatia.

Population

Composition of the population of the Dubrovnik-Neretva county by ethnicity according to the census of 2011:

Cities and Towns

The Dubrovnik-Neretva County is divided into 5 cities and 17 municipalities. These are listed below, each with the population at the time of the census of 2011.

Cities

Communities

* The municipality Konavle comprises several smaller settlements south of Dubrovnik. A place called " Konavle " does not exist in this sense.

Infrastructure

In November 2005, the preparatory work for the longest bridge in Croatia ( 2,300 m) were started, which is to permit circumvention of the BiH territory. The bridge leads from the coast southeast of Ploce on the Neretva estuary channel ( Neretvanski channel ) to the peninsula of Peljesac. The construction of the bridge has been interrupted several times, most recently recorded in September 2011 with little budget again. If they are completed, could cross this bridge and the highway A1 Zagreb - Split - Dubrovnik run, but also a highway corridor through Neum on the mainland is alternatively possible.