Mali Lošinj

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'''Mali Lošinj''' is a town in the [[Primorje-Gorski Kotar County]], on the island of [[Lošinj]], in western [[Croatia]]. At the time of the 2021 census, there were 7,537 inhabitants, of whom 86% were [[Croats]]. The town of Mali Lošinj itself had an urban population of 5,561.<ref name="Census 2021"/>

The favourable climatic conditions, the construction of hotels and resorts, foresting, and maintenance of beaches have led to the intensive development of tourism. The town is located in the most protected part of the Lošinj bay, on the eastern, sunny side of the island.

The asteroid [[10415 Mali Lošinj]] is named after this town.<ref name="springer">{{cite book |title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (10415) Mali Lošinj, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005 |last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D. |publisher = [[Springer Berlin Heidelberg]] |page = 54 |date = 2006 |isbn = 978-3-540-34360-8 |doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_458 |chapter = (10415) Mali Lošinj [2.99, 0.02, 14.4] }}</ref>

==History== [[File:Mali Lošinj panorama.jpg|thumb|left|View of the town]] The town was first mentioned in 1398, under the name Malo selo ("small village"). In 1868, it experienced its golden year. There were as many as eleven shipyards, and it became the place with the largest and most developed merchant marine in the [[Adriatic Sea]], even ahead of cities like [[Rijeka]], [[Trieste]] and [[Venice]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}}{{Dubious|date=December 2012}} American author [[Kenneth Roberts (author)|Kenneth Roberts]] observed that the little town, like some in southern Maine, seemed to have "produced a hundred seamen for each one produced elsewhere." Writing in 1938, Roberts said there were currently "four hundred sea captains living on Lussinpiccolo, which is about the size of [[Monhegan Island]]- captains of all sorts of vessels, from thirty thousand ton liners to hundred ton merchant brigs."<ref>{{cite book |last =Roberts |first = Kenneth |title = Trending Into Maine |publisher =Little, Brown Co. |date = 1938 |page =165 }}</ref>

With the invention of the steam engine a stagnation in development ensued, and with the outbreak of the grapevine disease [[peronospora]]. Previously part of the [[Venetian Republic]], Mali Lošinj passed under Austrian-Hungarian rule in 1797 with the [[Treaty of Campo Formio]]. The isle remained under Austrian-Hungarian rule until 1918. After World War I, under the provisions of the [[Treaty of Rapallo, 1920|Treaty of Rapallo]] it was given to the Kingdom of Italy. In 1947, it was incorporated into Yugoslavia. Its incorporation into socialist Yugoslavia led to mass emigration of its Italian population. After World War II there were only 2,200 residents left. In 1991, it became part of present-day Croatia.

In the summer of 2019, the [[fire department]] ''JVP Grada Mali Lošinj'' saved a young caver who was stuck 10 {{convert|10|m|ft}} below ground in a cave near Srem, a hamlet of [[Belej]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 2019 |first=Vanda |last=Radetić-Tomić |title=Godina za pamćenje |page=2 |magazine=Nazovi 193 |volume=12 |issue=24 |url=https://www.vz-pgz.hr/upload/pdf/Nazovi_193_br_24.pdf |archive-date=2022-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927182134/https://www.vz-pgz.hr/upload/pdf/Nazovi_193_br_24.pdf |language=hr |trans-title=110 Years of DVD Čabar}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 2019 |author=n.s. |title=Lošinjski vatrogasni junaci spasili mladi život |pages=9-11 |magazine=Nazovi 193 |volume=12 |issue=24 |url=https://www.vz-pgz.hr/upload/pdf/Nazovi_193_br_24.pdf |archive-date=2022-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927182134/https://www.vz-pgz.hr/upload/pdf/Nazovi_193_br_24.pdf |language=hr |trans-title=Lošinj Firefighting Heroes Save a Young Life}}</ref>

==Population== {{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=Town of Mali Lošinj |p1857=11862 |p1869=11929 |p1880=12271 |p1890=12303 |p1900=12267 |p1910=13634 |p1921=12058 |p1931=11659 |p1948=9079 |p1953=8287 |p1961=8168 |p1971=6844 |p1981=7466 |p1991=8825 |p2001=8388 |p2011=8116 |p2021=7537}}

===Settlements=== Administratively, the town of Mali Lošinj comprises 14 [[naselje|settlements]], of which several are islands. Each of them is listed below, with their respective population as of 2021.<ref name="Census 2021"/><ref>{{Croatian Census 2011|S|}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * [[Belej]] - 40 {{decrease}} * [[Ćunski]] - 198 {{increase}} * [[Ilovik]] - 106 {{increase}} * [[Male Srakane]] - 2 {{nochange}} * '''Mali Lošinj''' - 5,561 {{decrease}} * [[Nerezine]] - 397 {{increase}} * [[Osor, Croatia|Osor]] - 26 {{decrease}} * [[Punta Križa]] - 46 {{decrease}} * [[Susak]] - 139 {{decrease}} * [[Sveti Jakov]] - 74 {{decrease}} * [[Unije]] - 66 {{decrease}} * [[Ustrine]] - 21 {{decrease}} * [[Vele Srakane]] - 4 {{increase}} * [[Veli Lošinj]] - 857 {{decrease}} {{div col end}}

==Climate== Since records began in 1961, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station at an elevation of {{convert|53|m|ft}} was {{convert|39.0|C|F}}, on 6 August 2017. From 1981 to 2011, the highest temperature recorded at the Čikat weather station was {{convert|36.6|C|F}}, on 2 August 1998.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-07-19 |author=DHMZ |title=Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn&param=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najvise_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}</ref> The coldest temperature was {{convert|-8.6|C|F}}, on 4 March 1987.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-01-21 |author=DHMZ |title=Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn&param=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najnize_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}</ref> The coldest temperature was {{convert|-6.7|C|F}}, on 23 January 1963.<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-01-21 |author=DHMZ |title=Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn&param=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najnize_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}</ref>

{{Weather box |location = Mali Lošinj (1971–2000, extremes 1961–2014) |metric first = Y |single line = Y |Jan record high C = 17.4 |Feb record high C = 20.4 |Mar record high C = 23.3 |Apr record high C = 26.1 |May record high C = 34.5 |Jun record high C = 35.6 |Jul record high C = 36.3 |Aug record high C = 37.4 |Sep record high C = 32.4 |Oct record high C = 29.2 |Nov record high C = 23.1 |Dec record high C = 18.9 |year record high C = 37.4 |Jan high C = 10.2 |Feb high C = 10.7 |Mar high C = 13.2 |Apr high C = 16.3 |May high C = 21.3 |Jun high C = 25.2 |Jul high C = 28.4 |Aug high C = 28.4 |Sep high C = 24.2 |Oct high C = 19.6 |Nov high C = 14.6 |Dec high C = 11.4 |year high C = 18.6 |Jan mean C = 7.9 |Feb mean C = 7.9 |Mar mean C = 9.9 |Apr mean C = 12.8 |May mean C = 17.4 |Jun mean C = 21.2 |Jul mean C = 24.1 |Aug mean C = 24.0 |Sep mean C = 20.3 |Oct mean C = 16.4 |Nov mean C = 12.0 |Dec mean C = 9.2 |year mean C = 15.3 |Jan low C = 5.9 |Feb low C = 5.8 |Mar low C = 7.5 |Apr low C = 10.0 |May low C = 14.2 |Jun low C = 17.8 |Jul low C = 20.6 |Aug low C = 20.7 |Sep low C = 17.5 |Oct low C = 14.1 |Nov low C = 10.0 |Dec low C = 7.3 |year low C = 12.6 |Jan record low C = −6.7 |Feb record low C = −4.4 |Mar record low C = −3.8 |Apr record low C = 2.9 |May record low C = 6.3 |Jun record low C = 9.7 |Jul record low C = 12.7 |Aug record low C = 10.0 |Sep record low C = 9.7 |Oct record low C = 5.0 |Nov record low C = 1.1 |Dec record low C = −5.2 |year record low C = −6.7 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 75.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 69.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 66.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 69.2 |May precipitation mm = 59.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 67.9 |Jul precipitation mm = 30.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 57.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 105.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 109.1 |Nov precipitation mm = 125.1 |Dec precipitation mm = 95.8 |year precipitation mm = 930.5 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 10.1 |Feb precipitation days = 8.4 |Mar precipitation days = 9.3 |Apr precipitation days = 10.3 |May precipitation days = 10.0 |Jun precipitation days = 8.3 |Jul precipitation days = 5.4 |Aug precipitation days = 6.0 |Sep precipitation days = 8.6 |Oct precipitation days = 10.0 |Nov precipitation days = 11.3 |Dec precipitation days = 10.4 |year precipitation days = 108.3 |unit snow days = 1.0 cm |Jan snow days = 0.3 |Feb snow days = 0.2 |Mar snow days = 0.0 |Apr snow days = 0.0 |May snow days = 0.0 |Jun snow days = 0.0 |Jul snow days = 0.0 |Aug snow days = 0.0 |Sep snow days = 0.0 |Oct snow days = 0.0 |Nov snow days = 0.0 |Dec snow days = 0.0 |year snow days = 0.5 |Jan humidity = 74.1 |Feb humidity = 70.6 |Mar humidity = 70.9 |Apr humidity = 70.8 |May humidity = 70.7 |Jun humidity = 67.9 |Jul humidity = 63.5 |Aug humidity = 65.6 |Sep humidity = 71.2 |Oct humidity = 72.7 |Nov humidity = 72.8 |Dec humidity = 73.5 |year humidity = 70.4 |Jan sun = 108.5 |Feb sun = 158.1 |Mar sun = 182.9 |Apr sun = 216.0 |May sun = 282.1 |Jun sun = 315.0 |Jul sun = 356.5 |Aug sun = 325.5 |Sep sun = 246.0 |Oct sun = 182.9 |Nov sun = 114.0 |Dec sun = 99.2 |year sun = |Jan percentsun = 40 |Feb percentsun = 53 |Mar percentsun = 53 |Apr percentsun = 56 |May percentsun = 64 |Jun percentsun = 71 |Jul percentsun = 79 |Aug percentsun = 77 |Sep percentsun = 67 |Oct percentsun = 56 |Nov percentsun = 43 |Dec percentsun = 39 |year percentsun = 61 |source 1 = [[Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service]]<ref name= WMO >{{cite web |url = http://klima.hr/k1/k1_2/mali_losinj.pdf |title = Mali Lošinj Climate Normals |access-date = 2 December 2015 |publisher = Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service}}</ref><ref name=extremes>{{cite web |url = http://klima.hr/klima.php?id=k1&param=srednjak&Grad=mali_losinj |title = Mjesečne vrijednosti za Mali Lošinj u razdoblju1961−2014 |language = hr |access-date = 3 December 2015 |publisher = Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service}}</ref> }}

==Mayors== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! No. ! width=180|Name ! colspan=2|Term of office ! Political Affiliation |- |- ! style="background:{{party color|Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats}}; color:black;"| 1 | [[Mario Hofmann]] || 1991 || 1993 || [[Croatian People's Party – Liberal Democrats|HNS-LD]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar}}; color:black;"| 2 | [[Dragan Balija]] || 1993 || 2005 || [[Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar|PGS]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}; color:black;"| 3 | [[Gari Cappelli]] || 2005 || 2016 || [[Croatian Democratic Union|HDZ]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Croatian Democratic Union}}; color:black;"| 4 | [[Ana Kučić]] || 2017 || ''Incumbent'' || [[Croatian Democratic Union|HDZ]] |- |}

== Gallery ==

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==Notable people== *[[Matteo Martinolich]] *[[Gari Cappelli]] *[[Josip Kašman]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== ===General=== * {{cite encyclopedia|url=https://tehnika.lzmk.hr/losinjska-plovidba/|title=Lošinjska plovidba|encyclopedia=Tehnička enciklopedija|publisher=[[Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography]]|language=hr|access-date=21 July 2020}} ===Biology=== * {{cite journal |date=2016-12-31 |first1=Martina |last1=Šašić |first2=Ana |last2=Nahirnić |first3=Gerhard M. |last3=Tarmann |title=Zygaenidae (Lepidoptera) in the Lepidoptera collections of the Croatian Natural History Museum |pages=233–248 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/171967 |doi=10.20302/NC.2016.25.19 |journal=Natura Croatica: Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici |eissn=1848-7386 |volume=25 |issue=2}} ===Infrastructure=== * {{cite book |date=2019 |first1=Filip |last1=Šrajer |first2=Tihomir |last2=Knezić |first3=Petra |last3=Igrc |title=Analiza mogućnosti smještaja lokacija za gospodarenje otpadom (privremena odlagališta građevnog otpada) na malim otocima na području Grada Maloga Lošinja |language=sh |trans-title=Analysis of Possible Locations for Waste Management (Temporary Dumps of Construction Waste) on Small Islands on the Territory of the City of Mali Lošinj}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://malilosinj.org Losinj Island tourist guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502124341/https://malilosinj.org/ |date=2019-05-02 }}

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