Sutivan

{{short description|Municipality in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Sutivan

| settlement_type = Municipality

| pushpin_map = Croatia

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Sutivan in Croatia

| mapframe = yes

| coordinates = {{coord|43|23|N|16|29|E|region:HR_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Croatia}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Split-Dalmatia County

| subdivision_type2 =

| subdivision_name2 =

| area_footnotes = {{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}

| area_total_km2 = 21.8

| area_urban_km2 = 21.8

| population_footnotes = {{Croatian Census 2021|S}}

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 936

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 936

| population_density_urban_km2 = auto

| website = {{URL|sutivan.hr}}

}}

Sutivan ({{IPA|hr|sûtivaːn}}) is a town on the island of Brač, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. It has a population of 759 (2001 census), 93% of which are Croats.

Sutivan was a fishing village and the harbour is still used by local fishermen. Today Sutivan has become a popular place for cyclists. Every year the town hosts a cycling race ‘Uvati Vitar’ (Catch the Wind) where entrants arrive from all over the world [https://uvati-vitar.hr]

Climate

Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was {{convert|40.4|C|F}}, on 24 July 2007.{{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¶m=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najvise_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}} The coldest temperature was {{convert|-6.3|C|F}}, on 9 January 1987.{{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¶m=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najnize_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}

Demographics

{{Croatian population data graph |censuses=HRV |entered=2022-09-24 |entity=Sutivan |p1857=1556 |p1869=1666 |p1880=1798 |p1890=1880 |p1900=1746 |p1910=1505 |p1921=1624 |p1931=962 |p1948=713 |p1953=704 |p1961=641 |p1971=584 |p1981=601 |p1991=641 |p2001=759 |p2011=822 |p2021=936}}

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