Brzac is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

on the western end of the Croatian island of

Krk Krk (; ; ; ; archaic German: ''Vegl'', ; ) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. Krk is tied with Cres as the largest Adriatic island, depending o ...

, in an area known as

Šotovento Šotovento is a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on the island of Krk in western Croatia. Part of the town of Krk (town), Krk, it is adjacent to Malinska-Dubašnica. Geography Sotovento covers of the western town of Krk, on the is ...

. Administratively, Brzac is a part of the town of

. As of 2021, it had 174 inhabitants. The

Franciscan The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent Religious institute, religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor bei ...

monastery near Glavotok, founded in the early 16th century, is located just two kilometers to the north of Brzac.

References

Krk Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County {{PrimorjeGorskiKotar-geo-stub