Primorje-Gorski Kotar County

Primorje – Gorski Kotar County

Primorsko-goranska županija
Primorje – Gorski Kotar County Primorsko-goranska županija
County
	Flag Coat of arms
	Primorje – Gorski Kotar County within Croatia
Country	Croatia
County seat	Rijeka
Government
• Župan	Zlatko Komadina (SDP)
• County Council	41 members
Area
• Total	3,588 km2 (1,385 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Total	266,183
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Area code	051
ISO 3166 code	HR-08
HDI (2022)	0.906; very high · 2nd
Website	www.pgz.hr

Primorje – Gorski Kotar County (Croatian: Primorsko-goranska županija, pronounced [prǐːmorsko-ɡǒranskaː ʒupǎnija]) is a county in western Croatia, most of it based in the historical and cultural region called Croatia proper and some of it in Istria, including the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littoral, and the mountainous region of Gorski Kotar. Its center is Rijeka. The county's population was 296,195 at the 2011 census.

The county includes the island territories of Krk, Cres, Lošinj and Rab. It borders Slovenia.

The county is divided:

Demographics

Historical populations of Primorje – Gorski Kotar County

Source: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2001, Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Zagreb, 2005

According to the 2011 census, Primorje – Gorski Kotar County has a population of 296,195.^[4]

Primorje – Gorski Kotar County: Population trends 1857–2021

population	165503	173038	179246	198934	217653	239354	223640	237748	207635	216781	240621	270660	304038	323130	305505	296195	266183
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Ethnic Croats make up the majority with 86.3% of the population, followed by Serbs at 5.0% and Italians 1,16%.^[5]

The current Prefect of Primorje – Gorski Kotar County is Zlatko Komadina (SDP).

The county assembly is composed of 44 representatives from the following political parties:^[6]

^ Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 62. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: County of Primorje-Gorski kotar". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Karlovac". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Članovi županijske skupštine PGŽ" [Members of County Assembly of PGŽ]. primorsko goranska županija (in Croatian). 12 May 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

v t e Subdivisions of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Cities and towns	Bakar Cres Crikvenica Čabar Delnice Kastav Kraljevica Krk Mali Lošinj Novi Vinodolski Opatija Rab Rijeka (seat) Vrbovsko	Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Municipalities	Baška Brod Moravice Čavle Dobrinj Fužine Jelenje Klana Kostrena Lokve Lopar Lovran Malinska-Dubašnica Matulji Mošćenička Draga Mrkopalj Omišalj Punat Ravna Gora Skrad Vinodol Viškovo Vrbnik	Coat of arms of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County

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