Vir (municipality)

This article is about the settlement and municipality. For the island, see Vir (island).

Vir is a municipality on the eponymous island of Vir in Zadar County, Croatia. The municipality was established in 1993, incorporating three settlements, that of Lozice, Torovi and Vir, and the islet of Školjčić.^[3][4] Before the independence of Croatia, Vir was administratively part of the former Municipality of Zadar.^[3]

Vir
municipality
Vir
Coordinates: 44°18′N 15°5′E
Country	Croatia
County	Zadar County
Area [1]
• Total	22.2 km2 (8.6 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	3,045
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	23234 Vir
Area code	023
Website	vir.hr

Demographics

Municipality of Vir: Population trends 1857–2021

v

population	358	345	503	554	604	662	1000	854	1072	1120	1069	959	866	860	1608	3000	3045
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources:Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Politics

Minority councils and representatives

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.^[5] At the 2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections Bosniaks of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority councils of the Municipality of Vir with 9 members being elected in the end.^[6]