Malinska-Dubašnica is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county on the island

Krk Krk (; it, Veglia; ruo, Krk; dlm, label= Vegliot Dalmatian, Vikla; la, Curicta; grc-gre, Κύρικον, Kyrikon) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kot ...

of in western

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. Its centre is

Malinska Malinska (german: Durischal) is a settlement (naselje) in the northwestern part of the island Krk in Croatia and an important tourist town. It lies on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, in the picturesque bay facing Opatija and Rijeka. The municipali ...

. There are 2,726 inhabitants, with 90%

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. It was established as a municipality in 1993. The municipal government is located in the town hall. Built in 1920, it is the former hotel Jadran. The former village of

Dubašnica Dubašnica ( it, Dubasnizza) was a village in the northwestern part of the island of Krk, now in Croatia, at the south of Malinska and near Poljica. It was first mentioned in the 15th century and became extinct in the 18th century as a result of ...

is part of the name of the municipality due to its historical importance, as it had been the seat of the municipality grouping the villages of modern Malinska-Dubašnica for centuries before its disappearance by a

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in the 18th century. Today, Dubašnica can also refer to a region that covers the same villages and territory as Malinska-Dubašnica.

Settlements within Malinska-Dubašnica

- 965 * Barušići - 25 * Bogovići - 317 * Kremenići - 75 * Ljutići - 9 * Maršići - 10 * Milčetići - 245 * Milovčići - 124 * Oštrobradić - 86 * Porat - 192 * Radići - 175 * Sabljići - 21 * Sršići - 0 * Strilčići - 3 * Sveti Anton - 149 * Sveti Ivan - 72 * Sveti Vid Miholjice - 261 * Turčić - 22 * Vantačići - 214 * Zidarići - 110 *Žgombići - 59

Partner communities

* Güttenbach ( hr, Pinkovac)

Notable residents

Branko Fučić Branko Fučić (8 September 1920 – 30 January 1999) was a Croatian art historian, archeologist and paleographer. He was born in Malinska-Dubašnica on the island of Krk. After graduating at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb in 1944, he rece ...

References

External links

Official site of the municipality Malinska

Malinska web site
Krk Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Seaside resorts in Croatia {{PrimorjeGorskiKotar-geo-stub