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18-531: The name Dugopolje literally translates as 'long field'. In the 2011 census, the total population of the municipality was 3,469, in the following settlements : In the same census, 99.5% were Croats . Noted in Dugopolje is Vranjača cave . Dugopolje is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the city of Split . Dugopolje is located at the junction of the A1 Zagreb –Split– Dubrovnik motorway linking

36-442: A natural, economic and social entity, related to one other by the common interests of the area's population. As of 2023, the 21 counties of Croatia are subdivided into 128 towns and 428 municipalities, which in turn are subdivided into 6757 settlements. Municipalities, within their self-governing scope of activities, perform the tasks of local significance, which directly fulfil the citizens’ needs, and which were not assigned to

54-528: A non-independent one was one that was inside another one's territory. Independent ones therefore included cities, towns, market towns , villages and places where people were settled or colonized. Municipalities of Croatia Recent referendums Municipalities in Croatia ( Croatian : općina ; plural: općine ) are the second-lowest administrative unit of government in the country, and along with cities and towns ( grad , plural: gradovi ) they form

72-544: A short drive from Dugopolje in the village of Kotlenice (in the Dalmatian hinterland), the Vranjača Cave is increasingly becoming a popular tourist destination for those interested in exploring nature. The 65 meter deep cave was first discovered in 1903 by Stipe Punda and first became open to the public in 1929. The cave is estimated to be 65 to 70 million years old. Dugopolje's first mentioning dates back to 1283, when it

90-470: Is the representative body of citizens and the body of local self-government. The councillors are elected for a four-year term on the basis of universal suffrage in direct elections by secret ballot using proportional system with the D'Hondt method . The executive head of the municipality is the municipality president ( općinski načelnik ), also elected in direct elections for a four-year term, by majority vote ( two-round system ) (the deputy president

108-430: Is the sum of exclusive settlement territories. Settlements are not necessarily incorporated places , as second-level local authorities (towns and municipalities), known as jedinice lokalne samouprave , delegate some of their functions to so-called jedinice mjesne samouprave ( gradski kotar , gradska četvrt , or područje mjesnog odbora ). The Croatian Bureau of Statistics publishes their decennial census data on

126-681: Is usually named by the largest or most urban settlement and typically includes several rural settlements. The Constitution of Croatia allows a naselje or a part thereof to form some form of local government . This form of local government is typically used to subdivide larger municipalities and cities; municipality may comprise several units named mjesni odbor (local committee/board), a city usually consists of several units (which may comprise one or more settlements) named gradski kotar/gradska četvrt ( city district or borough ; pl. gradski kotari/gradske četvrti ), and/or mjesni odbor (local committee/board; pl. mjesni odbori ). Historically,

144-518: The Partisan arms in late 1944. After World War II, Dugopolje was a part of Yugoslavia, and fell under the administration of Solin municipality, and eventually had electricity and waterlines installed. Many inhabitants of the village took part in the Croatian War of Independence , although the village itself wasn't harmed during the period. After the war, Dugopolje gained its own municipality and

162-624: The basis of official settlement (naselje) data from the Register of Spatial Units by the State Geodetic Administration. As of 2023 , there are 6 757 settlements in Croatia. Rural individual settlements are usually referred to as selo (village; pl. sela ). Municipalities (or communes) in Croatia comprise one or more either urban or rural settlements. A city usually includes an eponymous large settlement and several urban, suburban or rural settlements. A municipality

180-599: The leading local party was HDZ. At first, it was a transit spot for passengers on the D1 road between Split and Sinj, but in the early 21st century, the A1 motorway was built, and Dugopolje became the important intersection towards Split, thus providing the opportunity to Zlatko Ževrnja who was the Dugopolje mayor at the time, to design and build the biggest industrial zone in Dalmatia, which at one point had more people working in it than

198-404: The methodology of delineating settlements in Croatia changed substantially in the first decade after World War II , when the number of settlements was recorded at 12,044 in the 1948 census, but then reduced to 6,704 in the 1953 census. At the time, the definition of a settlement was an inhabited place with a separate name, an independent settlement was a settlement that had a distinct territory, and

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216-531: The north and the south of Croatia and the D1 Split- Sinj state road linking the coast and the hinterland of Central Dalmatia. Split Airport is 28 km from Dugopolje, making the area an attractive place to stay for those wanting to avoid crowded areas closer to Split. Other transportation options are also close by with the Split ferry terminal and Split railway station less than 20 km away. Located

234-637: The population of the whole village. 43°34′49″N 16°35′49″E  /  43.58028°N 16.59694°E  / 43.58028; 16.59694 Naselja Settlements in Croatia , in Croatian naselje ( pl. naselja ) are the third-level spatial division of the country, and usually indicate existing or former human settlement . Each Croatian city or town ( grad , pl. gradovi ) or municipality ( općina , pl. općine ) consists of one or more settlements. A settlement can be part of only one second-level spatial division, whose territory

252-593: The second level of administrative subdisivion, after counties . Each municipality consists of one or more settlements ( naselja ) , which are the third-level spatial units of Croatia. Though equal in powers and administrative bodies, municipalities and towns differ in that municipalities are usually more likely to consist of a collection of villages in rural or suburban areas, whereas towns are more likely to cover urbanised areas. Croatian law defines municipalities as local self-government units which are established, in an area where several inhabited settlements represent

270-458: The state bodies by the constitution or law, and in particular affairs related to the organization of localities and housing, zoning and planning, public utilities, child care, social welfare, primary health services, education and primary schools, culture, physical education and sports, customer protection, protection and improvement of the environment, fire protection and civil defence, and local transport. Municipal council ( općinsko vijeće )

288-516: Was committed by Chetniks , supported by Italian forces. The October 1942 massacre took place at the same time as the Gata massacre , that was also nearby; Chetnik and Italian forces killed at least thirty-two Croat civilians while Croatian historian Zdravko Dizdar mentions 120 civilians killed in Dugopolje and neighbouring villages. By the end of 1943, over 300 houses were burnt down by numerous sides, and many civilians were murdered. Dugopolje fell into

306-593: Was damaged by all the sides, whether it was Italians, Germans, Chetniks or Partisans. It was first sieged by Italians in January 1942 on their way to Split through the Rera railway, killing 7 peasants and burning down several houses in the process. In April 1942 partisans killed Don Šimun Karaman, a local priest. Perhaps the most noted massacre of Croats in Dugopolje and its neighbouring villages, occurred in October 1942. It

324-681: Was under the administration of neighbouring Klis The area near the Kapela hamlet is a site of a former Roman road bifurcation of the Salona - Aequum pathway and Tilurium - Argentaria pathway. Many graveyards from approximately the 4th century were found nearby, implying that the Ilyrians descended from the hills and built a settlement there road-side. While Dugopolje was not harmed in World War I, World War II brought many devastations. The village

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