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Osor, Croatia
Osor
Ossero | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 View of Osor | |
  Osor | |
| Coordinates: 44°41′38″N 14°23′35″E / 44.69390°N 14.39296°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| Town | Mali Lošinj |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.7 km2 (9.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 26 |
| • Density | 1.1/km2 (2.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 51554 |
| Area code | 051 |
| Vehicle registration | RI |
Osor (Italian: Ossero) is a village and a small port on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. Administratively, it is part of the town of Mali Lošinj. As of 2021, it had a population of 26.[2]
Osor lies at a narrow channel that separates the islands of Cres and Lošinj. The channel was built in Roman times to make sailing possible. Now the islands are connected with a rotating bridge. Originally, Cres and Lošinj were one island, Osor, before the channel was cut.
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
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