Trilj
Encyclopedia
Trilj is a municipality
and town in inland Dalmatia
, Croatia
. It is located southeast of Sinj
and northeast of Split
. The total population of the municipality is 9,417, with 2,110 in Trilj itself and the rest in small villages. The list of settlements is as follows:
At the top of the hill of Gardun
, just 1 km south of Trilj, remains of legionary
fortress at Tilurium
can be found. Tilurium guarded the entrance to the Cetina
valley from the south and the approach to the provincial capital at Salona
.
The village of Košute in the municipality is home to a monument to its war dead from the Second World War and the Croatian War of Independence
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
and town in inland Dalmatia
Dalmatia
Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. It is located southeast of Sinj
Sinj
Sinj is a town in the continental part of Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. The town itself has a population of 11,448, while the population of the administrative municipality which includes surrounding villages is 24,832 ....
and northeast of Split
Split (city)
Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
. The total population of the municipality is 9,417, with 2,110 in Trilj itself and the rest in small villages. The list of settlements is as follows:
- BiskoBiskoBisko is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D220 highway....
, population 397 - Budimir, population 116
- Čačvina, population 97
- Čaporice, population 410
- GardunGardunGardun is a village at the top of the hill of Gardun, just 1 km south of Trilj.In the 1997, excavations of the remains of legionary fortress of Tilurium started on the southern outskirts of the village....
, population 84 - Grab, population 546
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, population 330 - KamenskoKamenskoKamensko is a village in the municipality of Sungurlare, in Burgas Province, in southeastern Bulgaria.-References:...
, population 103 - KošuteKošuteKošute is a village in southern Croatia located west of Trilj. The population is 1,757 ....
, population 1.757 - KrivodolKrivodolKrivodol is a town in northwestern Bulgaria, part of Vratsa Province. It is the administrative centre of Krivodol municipality, which lies in the western part of Vratsa Province, halfway between Vratsa and Montana and 130 kilometres north of Sofia...
, population 2 - Ljut, population 5
- Nova SelaNova SelaNova Sela is a settlement to the southeast of Banja Loka in the Kostel municipality in southern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia statistical region.-External links:*...
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, population 17 - RožeRózeRóże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Węgorzewo, within Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia....
, population 35 - Strizirep, population 32
- Strmendolac, population 199
- Tijarica, population 375
- Trilj, population 2.110
- Ugljane, population 404
- Vedrine, population 896
- Velić, population 304
- Vinine, population 28
- Vojnić Sinjski, population 572
- Voštane, population 137
- Vrabač, population 221
- VrpoljeVrpoljeVrpolje is a village and a municipality in Brod-Posavina County, Croatia. It is located 10 km south of Đakovo; elevation 90 m. The population of the village is 2,110, while the total municipality population is 4,023. Chief occupations are farming and livestock breeding...
, population 94
At the top of the hill of Gardun
Gardun
Gardun is a village at the top of the hill of Gardun, just 1 km south of Trilj.In the 1997, excavations of the remains of legionary fortress of Tilurium started on the southern outskirts of the village....
, just 1 km south of Trilj, remains of legionary
Legionary
The Roman legionary was a professional soldier of the Roman army after the Marian reforms of 107 BC. Legionaries had to be Roman citizens under the age of 45. They enlisted in a legion for twenty-five years of service, a change from the early practice of enlisting only for a campaign...
fortress at Tilurium
Tilurium
Tilurium was an Illyrian fortified settlement of the Delmatae.Tilurium was the location a Roman cohort in the territory of the Delmatae. The site is now located on the hill of Gardun near Trilj.-External links:*...
can be found. Tilurium guarded the entrance to the Cetina
Cetina
Cetina is a river in southern Croatia. It has a length of and its basin covers an area of . Cetina descends from an altitude of 385 m at its source to the sea level when it flows into the Adriatic Sea. It is the most water-rich river in Dalmatia....
valley from the south and the approach to the provincial capital at Salona
Salona
Salona was an ancient Illyrian Delmati city in the first millennium BC. The Greeks had set up an emporion there. After the conquest by the Romans, Salona became the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia...
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The village of Košute in the municipality is home to a monument to its war dead from the Second World War and the Croatian War of Independence
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...
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External links
- Trilj - Portal of Town Trilj (in Croatian)
- Town Trilj (in Croatian)