Ston
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Dubrovnik-Neretva County
The Dubrovnik–Neretva County is the southernmost Croatian county located in south Dalmatia. The county seat is Dubrovnik and other large towns are Korčula, Metković, Opuzen and Ploče...
of 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 ...
, located at the south of isthmus of the Pelješac
Pelješac
Pelješac is a peninsula in southern Dalmatia in Croatia. The peninsula is part of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County and is the second largest peninsula in Croatia...
peninsula. The town of Ston is the center of the Ston municipality
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...
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Demographics
In the 2011 census, the total population of the municipality of Ston was 2,445, in the following settlements:- BoljenovićiBoljenovićiBoljenovići is a village in Croatia. It is located along the D414 state road in the south of the country. Administratively Boljenovići are part of the Ston municipality within the Dubrovnik-Neretva County....
, population 88 - Brijesta, population 58
- Broce, population 88
- Česvinica, population 60
- Dančanje, population 27
- Duba Stonska, population 33
- DubravaDubrava, Dubrovnik-Neretva CountyDubrava is a village on the Pelješac peninsula in Croatia. It is connected by the D414 highway....
, population 134 - HodiljeHodiljeHodilje is a village located in the municipality of Ston, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia. The village is situated on the Pelješac peninsula.-Geography:...
, population 189 - LukaLuka-People:* Luka , a popular South Slavic given name cognate of Luke** including a list of people with the given name Luka-Places:Luka is a common South Slavic toponym, meaning "port".* Luka , a station on the Prague Metro...
, population 155 - Mali StonMali StonMali Ston is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D414 highway. The name means Little Ston, and it is located at the tip of the eponymous Bay of Mali Ston.-References:...
, population 141 - MetohijaMetohija, CroatiaMetohija, Croatia is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D414 highway....
, population 157 - PutnikovićPutnikovićPutniković is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D414 highway....
, population 81 - SparagovićiSparagovićiSparagovići is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D414 highway....
, population 115 - Ston, population 550
- Tomislavovac, population 105
- Zabrđe, population 59
- Zamaslina, population 78
- Zaton DoliZaton DoliZaton Doli is a village in Croatia, on the border with Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is connected by the D8 highway....
, population 62 - Žuljana, population 230
In the 2001 census, Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
made up an absolute majority with 98.66% of the population.
History and features
Ston was a major fort of the Ragusan RepublicRepublic of Ragusa
The Republic of Ragusa or Republic of Dubrovnik was a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia , that existed from 1358 to 1808...
whose defensive walls were regarded as a notable feat of medieval architecture. The town's inner wall measures 890 metres in length, while the Great Wall outside the town has a circumference of 5 km. The walls extend to Mali Ston
Mali Ston
Mali Ston is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D414 highway. The name means Little Ston, and it is located at the tip of the eponymous Bay of Mali Ston.-References:...
("Little Ston"), a smaller town on the northern side of the Pelješac isthmus and the end of the Bay of Mali Ston
Bay of Mali Ston
Bay of Mali Ston is a bay in the Adriatic Sea. The bay is located in Croatia's and partly in Bosnia and Herzegovina's territorial waters.The maritime boundary between the two countries is an equidistant line between the Pelješac peninsula of Croatia in the southwest and the Klek peninsula of...
, notable for its mariculture
Mariculture
Mariculture is a specialized branch of aquaculture involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other products in the open ocean, an enclosed section of the ocean, or in tanks, ponds or raceways which are filled with seawater. An example of the latter is the farming of marine fish,...
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Ston is also known for its saltworks which were run by the Republic of Ragusa
Republic of Ragusa
The Republic of Ragusa or Republic of Dubrovnik was a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia , that existed from 1358 to 1808...
and the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
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See also
- PelješacPelješacPelješac is a peninsula in southern Dalmatia in Croatia. The peninsula is part of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County and is the second largest peninsula in Croatia...
- Walls of StonWalls of StonThe Walls of Ston are a series of defensive stone walls, originally more than long, that surrounded and protected the city of Ston, in Dalmatia, part of the Republic of Ragusa, in what is now southern Croatia....
- Walls of DubrovnikWalls of DubrovnikThe Walls of Dubrovnik are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the citizens of the afterward proclaimed maritime city-state of Dubrovnik , situated in southern Croatia, since the city's founding prior to the 7th century as a Byzantium castrum on a rocky island...
- Republic of RagusaRepublic of RagusaThe Republic of Ragusa or Republic of Dubrovnik was a maritime republic centered on the city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia , that existed from 1358 to 1808...
- DalmatiaDalmatiaDalmatia 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....