Metković

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leader_partyHDZ
leader_titleMayor
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Metković () is a town in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva and on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Climate

Since records began in 1997, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was 39.7 C, on 4 August 2013. The coldest temperature was -9.1 C, on 26 January 2000.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was 15,235 with 13,971 living in the city proper.

The total population of the city municipality was 16,788 inhabitants in 2011 census, in the following settlements:

  • Dubravica, population 90
  • Glušci, population 76
  • Metković, population 15,329
  • Prud, population 497
  • Vid, population 796

In the census of 2011, 96.8% of the population self-identified as Croats.

History

The city was first mentioned in a 1422 court document as a small farming town. It remained this way until the nineteenth century. During this period, the city found renewed investment from the country's Austrian rulers. With the arrival of the area's first post office and school, as well as the increase of trade with the Ottoman Empire, the city began to flourish. It was ruled by the Ottoman Empire as part of the Sanjak of Herzegovina between 1494 and 1685, then by the Republic of Venice till 1797, and finally by French Empire before the Austrian Habsburgs took over. In 1875 and 1910, Emperor Francis Joseph I visited the city.

Metković is located near the ancient Roman settlement of Narona (today Vid). Narona was established as a Roman trading post, after Rome's successful war (Illyrian Wars) with the neighboring Illyrian tribe Daors (ruins of their main city are located near Stolac), and successfully grew until the 3rd century AD. After that, it went on a steady decline, especially after a large 4th-century AD earthquake. Upon the arrival of Slavonic tribes in the mid-6th century AD, the city of Narona was abandoned, with most parts being covered under silt that was carried by the river Neretva. Only minor excavations were done, most of them being concentrated on the location of Vid. One of the city's landmarks is its Church of St. Elijah, the city's patron saint.

Education

Metković has the following education facilities:

For tertiary education students need to move to another city, the most common destinations are: Dubrovnik (business, management, accounting, music), Split (sciences, management, accounting), Zagreb (music, arts, sciences, applied sciences, engineering, architecture, education, humanities, management, accounting, business), Zadar (humanities, education, early childhood education) and Mostar.

Sports (most notably)

Notable people

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Clergy

Music

Literature, theater, art

Sport

Other

References

References

  1. {{Cite Q. Q119585703
  2. {{Croatian Census 2021. S
  3. DHMZ. (2022-07-19). "Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja".
  4. DHMZ. (2022-01-21). "Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja".
  5. {{Croatian Census 2011. S. 19. 2640
  6. {{Croatian Census 2011. E. 19
  7. Wilkes, J.J. ''The Illyrians'', 1992; {{ISBN. 0-631-19807-5
  8. "Metković". Metkovic.hr.
  9. "OS Stjepana Radića". Ossradica-metkovic.hr.
  10. [http://skole.htnet.hr/os-metkovic-002/skola] {{webarchive. link. (20 February 2006)
  11. "Srednja škola Metković – Naslovnica". Ssmetkovic.hr.
  12. [http://gimnazija-metkovic.hr] {{webarchive. link. (12 February 2006)

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