Mali Lošinj | |
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| Grad Mali Lošinj Town of Mali Lošinj | |
 Mali Lošinj | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Mali Lošinj Location of Mali Lošinj within Croatia | |
| Coordinates:44°32′N14°28′E / 44.533°N 14.467°E /44.533; 14.467 | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| Island | Lošinj |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ana Kučić (HDZ) |
| Area | |
• Town | 224.6 km2 (86.7 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 12.5 km2 (4.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Town | 7,537 |
| • Density | 33.56/km2 (86.91/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5,561 |
| • Urban density | 445/km2 (1,150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 51 550 |
| Area code | 051 |
| Website | mali-losinj |
Mali Lošinj is a town in thePrimorje-Gorski Kotar County, on the island ofLošinj, in westernCroatia. At the time of the 2021 census, there were 7,537 inhabitants, of whom 86% wereCroats. The town of Mali Lošinj itself had an urban population of 5,561.[2]
The favourable climatic conditions, the construction of hotels and resorts, foresting, and maintenance of beaches have led to the intensive development of tourism. The town is located in the most protected part of the Lošinj bay, on the eastern, sunny side of the island.
The asteroid10415 Mali Lošinj is named after this town.[3]
The town was first mentioned in 1398, under the name Malo selo ("small village"). In 1868, it experienced its golden year. There were as many as eleven shipyards, and it became the place with the largest and most developed merchant marine in theAdriatic Sea, even ahead of cities likeRijeka,Trieste andVenice.[citation needed][dubious –discuss] American authorKenneth Roberts observed that the little town, like some in southern Maine, seemed to have "produced a hundred seamen for each one produced elsewhere." Writing in 1938, Roberts said there were currently "four hundred sea captains living on Lussinpiccolo, which is about the size ofMonhegan Island- captains of all sorts of vessels, from thirty thousand ton liners to hundred ton merchant brigs."[4]
With the invention of the steam engine a stagnation in development ensued, and with the outbreak of the grapevine diseaseperonospora. Previously part of theVenetian Republic, Mali Lošinj passed under Austrian-Hungarian rule in 1797 with theTreaty of Campo Formio. The isle remained under Austrian-Hungarian rule until 1918. After World War I, under the provisions of theTreaty of Rapallo it was given to the Kingdom of Italy. In 1947, it was incorporated into Yugoslavia. Its incorporation into socialist Yugoslavia led to mass emigration of its Italian population. After World War II there were only 2,200 residents left. In 1991, it became part of present-day Croatia.
In the summer of 2019, thefire departmentJVP Grada Mali Lošinj saved a young caver who was stuck 10 10 metres (33 ft) below ground in a cave near Srem, a hamlet ofBelej.[5][6]
| population | 11862 | 11929 | 12271 | 12303 | 12267 | 13634 | 12058 | 11659 | 9079 | 8287 | 8168 | 6844 | 7466 | 8825 | 8388 | 8116 | 7537 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Administratively, the town of Mali Lošinj comprises 14settlements, of which several are islands. Each of them is listed below, with their respective population as of 2021.[2][7]
Since records began in 1961, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station at an elevation of 53 metres (174 ft) was 39.0 °C (102.2 °F), on 6 August 2017. From 1981 to 2011, the highest temperature recorded at the Čikat weather station was 36.6 °C (97.9 °F), on 2 August 1998.[8] The coldest temperature was −8.6 °C (16.5 °F), on 4 March 1987.[9] The coldest temperature was −6.7 °C (19.9 °F), on 23 January 1963.[10]
| Climate data for Mali Lošinj (1971–2000, extremes 1961–2014) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 34.5 (94.1) | 35.6 (96.1) | 36.3 (97.3) | 37.4 (99.3) | 32.4 (90.3) | 29.2 (84.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 18.9 (66.0) | 37.4 (99.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) | 10.7 (51.3) | 13.2 (55.8) | 16.3 (61.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 25.2 (77.4) | 28.4 (83.1) | 28.4 (83.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 14.6 (58.3) | 11.4 (52.5) | 18.6 (65.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) | 7.9 (46.2) | 9.9 (49.8) | 12.8 (55.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.2 (70.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.0 (75.2) | 20.3 (68.5) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 9.2 (48.6) | 15.3 (59.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) | 5.8 (42.4) | 7.5 (45.5) | 10.0 (50.0) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 14.1 (57.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 7.3 (45.1) | 12.6 (54.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) | −4.4 (24.1) | −3.8 (25.2) | 2.9 (37.2) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.7 (49.5) | 12.7 (54.9) | 10.0 (50.0) | 9.7 (49.5) | 5.0 (41.0) | 1.1 (34.0) | −5.2 (22.6) | −6.7 (19.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 75.0 (2.95) | 69.4 (2.73) | 66.1 (2.60) | 69.2 (2.72) | 59.5 (2.34) | 67.9 (2.67) | 30.9 (1.22) | 57.0 (2.24) | 105.7 (4.16) | 109.1 (4.30) | 125.1 (4.93) | 95.8 (3.77) | 930.5 (36.63) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.1 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 108.3 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 1.0 cm) | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 74.1 | 70.6 | 70.9 | 70.8 | 70.7 | 67.9 | 63.5 | 65.6 | 71.2 | 72.7 | 72.8 | 73.5 | 70.4 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 108.5 | 158.1 | 182.9 | 216.0 | 282.1 | 315.0 | 356.5 | 325.5 | 246.0 | 182.9 | 114.0 | 99.2 | 2,586.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 40 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 43 | 39 | 61 |
| Source:Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service[11][12] | |||||||||||||
| No. | Name | Term of office | Political Affiliation | |
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| 1 | Mario Hofmann | 1991 | 1993 | HNS-LD |
| 2 | Dragan Balija | 1993 | 2005 | PGS |
| 3 | Gari Cappelli | 2005 | 2016 | HDZ |
| 4 | Ana Kučić | 2017 | Incumbent | HDZ |
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