Valun
Vallòn di Cherso
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Village
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Coordinates: 44°54′19″N 14°21′35″E / 44.90524°N 14.35980°E / 44.90524; 14.35980 | |
Country | Croatia |
County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
Town | Cres |
Area | |
• Total | 8.3 km2 (3.2 sq mi) |
Population
(2021)[2]
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• Total | 64 |
• Density | 7.7/km2 (20/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code |
51557
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Area code | 051 |
Vehicle registration | RI |
Valun (Italian: Vallòn di Cherso) is a village located on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar. Administratively, it is part of the town of Cres. As of 2021, it had a population of 64.[2]
Valun is a fisherman’s village located to the southwest of the town of Cres. The village of Valun was founded as a port of the now abandoned village of Bućov.
The village is famous for being the location where one of the oldest Croatian Glagolitic inscriptions, the Valun tablet, was found.
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