Jadrtovac (hist. ''Zamurva'') 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 ...

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. The community of Jadrtovac, with a surface of 24.5 km², is situated eight kilometres south-east of the city

Šibenik Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...

at the eastern bank of the

Morinje Bay Morinje (''Morinjski zaljev'', Italian: ''Morigne, Lago di Castello Andreis'') is the toponym for a bay in Croatia. The Morinje Bay in Dalmatia, with a surface area of 3.5 km² and a maximum depth of 21 metres, is situated five kilometres south-ea ...

. The settlement, which was called Zamurva, developed from a local fortification in possession of the noblemen Andreis. According to a German traveler, the fortification already existed in 1494. After the

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at the end of the 17th century, the fortification lost its military significance and was eventually superseded by village buildings. At the beginning of the 1960s and 1990s Jadrtovac had more than 400 inhabitants. The number declined to 171 in 2011.Birkić, Marko/ Boranić Živoder, Snježana/ Laginja, Ivana/ Petrušić, Helena: Plan cjelovitog razvoja naselja Jadrtovac i Morinjskog zaljeva. Šibenik 2015.

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{{reflist Populated places in Šibenik-Knin County