Croatian Cities - List of Cities and Towns

List of Cities and Towns

The following is a complete list of all officially designated 127 cities and towns in Croatia, sorted by population according to the 2011 Census. At the time the previous 2001 Census was taken there were 123 cities and towns in the country - four former municipalities were officially re-designated as towns since then - Vodnjan (in 2003), and Kutjevo, Otok, and Sveta Nedelja (in 2006).

The Grad column in the table below lists total population within the geographical boundary of the local government's jurisdiction. This means that the figure often includes other smaller settlements such as villages or hamlets located on the outskirts or near the town proper. In contrast, the Naselje ("settlement" in Croatian) column lists only population of the city/town proper, without the smaller settlements which administratively belong to the city. Both numbers are given as in some cases the figures may vary dramatically (for example Velika Gorica with nearby settlements has a population of around 63,000 but the city proper has only 31,000 citizens).

Note that the town of Kaštela is a unique exception in that it only exists as an administrative unit - it is legally treated as an agglomeration of seven separate settlements with populations ranging from 3,000 to 7,000, none of which is actually called "Kaštela". Its town council is located in Kaštel Sućurac.

Another set of exceptions arises from the special status of the City of Zagreb, which is divided both into districts and into settlements. Unlike the other of its districts, the district of Sesvete still has the status of a standalone settlement with a population of 70,633 residents, which would make it a large city, but it doesn't have the status of a city (grad).

County seat. Note that there is a total of 21 counties of Croatia but only 20 county seats - the capital Zagreb doubles as a county (called City of Zagreb or Grad Zagreb) and the seat of the separate Zagreb County (Zagrebačka županija) which surrounds Zagreb but does not actually include the capital city).