Starigrad, Zadar County

Starigrad
Starigrad Harbour
Starigrad
Coordinates: 44°17′43″N 15°26′17″E
Country	Croatia
County	Zadar
Area
• Total	168.7 km2 (65.1 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,697
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	opcina-starigrad.hr

Starigrad (Italian: Ortopula) is a municipality in Croatia in the Zadar County. The total population is 1,876 (census 2011). According to the 2011 census, 96% of the population are Croats.

The list of settlements in the municipality is:

• Seline, population 469
• Starigrad Paklenica, population 1,140
• Tribanj, population 267

Population

Municipality of Starigrad: Population trends 1857–2021

population	1549	1758	2030	2413	2809	3165	3475	3358	2603	2528	2405	2361	2107	2097	1893	1876	1697
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Settlement of Starigrad-Paklenica: Population trends 1857–2021

population	511	550	640	777	912	1091	1157	1300	991	1092	1109	1163	1135	1159	1100	1140	1051
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

History

St. Peter Chapel

The Roman settlement of Argyruntum was on a 3.4-acre (14,000 m²), now silted, island in the area east of the port. Emperor Tiberius erected protective walls and towers. Findings from about four hundred tombs are an evidence of great prosperity and trade relations in the Mediterranean. The oldest relic in the vicinity of Starigrad is the St. George Chapel in Rovanjska and St. Peter's Chapel in Starigrad from the ninth or tenth century. Mediaeval traces are the castles "Večka kula" (old names were: Vega, Vegium (not to be confused with Vegium (Karlobag).) and Wezuliae), which was the mediaeval Harbormasters' office, on a peninsula east of Starigrad and the "Paklarić" on the prehistoric ruins of the entrance to the Velika Paklenica.