Viškovo | |
Official Name: | Viškovo Municipality Općina Viškovo |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Coordinates: | 45.3778°N 14.3861°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Primorje-Gorski Kotar County |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Sanja Udović (Ind.) |
Leader Title1: | City Council |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 18.7 |
Area Urban Km2: | 3.4 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 16084 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 3602 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 051 |
Viškovo is a village and a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia.
In the 2011 census, there were a total of 14,445 inhabitants, in the following settlements:
In the same census, there were 85% Croats, 5.84% Serbs, 2.36% Bosniaks.
Historians believe that the village of Viškovo was founded in the 18th century. It developed on Viškoven brege, so in the beginning the settlement was called Viškov breg or Viški. [2]