Šestanovac, Croatia

Šestanovac is a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County.

Šestanovac municipality area

Šestanovac
Šestanovac
Coordinates: 43°27′0″N 16°54′36″E
Country	Croatia
County	Split-Dalmatia
Area [1]
• Total	89.8 km2 (34.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	1,669
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	opcina-sestanovac.hr

History

A 10 hectares (25 acres) fire erupted near Šestanovac on 17 March 2009 and was reported at 10:06, then put out by the DVD Zadvarje the DVD Gata, the DVD Kučići and the DVD Omiš with 25 firefighters and 4 vehicles, together with an Air Tractor plane, put out by 17:40.^[3]

Climate

Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was 39.4 °C (102.9 °F), on 4 August 1981.^[4] The coldest temperature was −12.5 °C (9.5 °F), on 13 January 1985.^[5]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 2,685, in the following settlements:^[6]

• Grabovac, population 372
• Katuni, population 562
• Kreševo, population 248
• Šestanovac, population 426
• Žeževica, population 350

In the same census, 99.54% of the population were Croats.^[7]

Šestanovac: Population trends 1857–2021

v

population	2876	3702	3521	4338	4725	5199	5463	5327	5161	5345	4973	4833	3789	3318	2685	1958	1669
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources:Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications