Metković Explained

Metković
Official Name:Grad Metković
Town of Metković
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Metković in Croatia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Coordinates:43.05°N 17.65°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Dubrovnik–Neretva
Leader Party:HDZ
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Dalibor Milan
Leader Title1:City Council
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:51.2
Area Urban Km2:23.2
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:15235
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:13971
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Metković (pronounced as /hr/) is a town in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva and on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was 15,235 with 13,971 living in the city proper.

The total population of the city municipality was 16,788 inhabitants in 2011 census, in the following settlements:

In the census of 2011, 96.8% of the population self-identified as Croats.

History

The city was first mentioned in a 1422 court document as a small farming town. It remained this way until the nineteenth century. During this period the city found renewed investment from the country's Austrian rulers. With the arrival of the area's first post office and school, as well as the increase of trade with the Ottoman Empire, the city began to flourish. It was ruled by Ottoman Empire as part of Sanjak of Herzegovina between 1494 and 1685, then by Republic of Venice till 1797 and finally by French Empire before the Austrian Habsburgs took over. In 1875 and 1910 Emperor Francis Joseph I visited the city.

Metković is located near the ancient Roman settlement of Narona (today Vid). Narona was established as a Roman trading post, after Rome's successful war[2] (Illyrian Wars) with the neighboring Illyrian tribe Daors (ruins of their main city are located near Stolac), and successfully grew until the 3rd century AD. After that it went on a steady decline especially after a large 4th-century AD earthquake. Upon the arrival of Slavonic tribes in the mid-6th century AD, the city of Narona was abandoned with most parts being covered under silt that was carried by the river Neretva. Only minor excavations were done, most of them being concentrated on the location of Vid. One of the city's landmarks is its Church of St. Elijah, the city's patron saint.[3]

Education

Metković has the following education facilities:

For tertiary education students need to move to another city, the most common destinations are: Dubrovnik (business, management, accounting, music), Split (sciences, management, accounting), Zagreb (music, arts, sciences, applied sciences, engineering, architecture, education, humanities, management, accounting, business), Zadar (humanities, education, early childhood education) and Mostar.

Sports (most notably)

Notable people

Clergy

Music

Literature, theater, art

Sport

Other

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. cs1.
  2. Wilkes, J.J. The Illyrians, 1992;
  3. Web site: Metković. Metkovic.hr. 29 November 2015. 8 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200808024710/http://www.metkovic.hr/svilija/. dead.
  4. Web site: OS Stjepana Radića. Ossradica-metkovic.hr. 29 November 2015.
  5. http://skole.htnet.hr/os-metkovic-002/skola
  6. Web site: Srednja škola Metković – Naslovnica. Ssmetkovic.hr. 29 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20181226045112/http://ssmetkovic.hr/. 26 December 2018. dead.
  7. http://gimnazija-metkovic.hr

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