Malinska-Dubašnica
Malinska-Dubašnica
Municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
Malinska-Dubašnica is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county on the island Krk of in western Croatia. Its centre is Malinska. There were 3,212 inhabitants, of whom 90% were ethnic Croats at the 2021 census.[3] It was established as a municipality in 1993.[4][5]
The municipal government is located in the town hall. Built in 1920, it is the former hotel Jadran.[6]
The former village of Dubašnica is part of the name of the municipality due to its historical importance, as it had been the seat of the municipality grouping the villages of modern Malinska-Dubašnica for centuries before its disappearance by a malaria epidemic in the 18th century. Today, Dubašnica can also refer to a region that covers the same villages and territory as Malinska-Dubašnica.[7]