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Poreč (Italian Parenzo, Latin Parens or Parentium, archaic German: Parenz) is a city and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria county, Croatia.
Poreč is almost 2,000 years old, and is based on a harbour protected from the sea by the small island of Sveti Nikola (Saint Nicholas). The city's population of approximately 12,000 resides mostly on the outskirts, while the Poreč region as a whole has a population of approximately 17,000 inhabitants. The city area covers 142 km², with the 37 km long shoreline stretching from the Mirna river near Novigrad-Cittanova to Funtana-Fontana and Vrsar-Orsera in the south.
Poreč is almost 2,000 years old, and is based on a harbour protected from the sea by the small island of Sveti Nikola (Saint Nicholas). The city's population of approximately 12,000 resides mostly on the outskirts, while the Poreč region as a whole has a population of approximately 17,000 inhabitants. The city area covers 142 km², with the 37 km long shoreline stretching from the Mirna river near Novigrad-Cittanova to Funtana-Fontana and Vrsar-Orsera in the south.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poreč
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Coordinates: 45°13'37"N 13°35'39"E
- Monfalcone 67 km
- Cervignano del Friuli 76 km
- Latisana Municipality 80 km
- Mestre 113 km
- Gemona del Friuli 126 km
- Villach 159 km
- Bassano del Grappa 161 km
- Feltre 163 km
- Schio 186 km
- Lienz 193 km
- Sciarta Burgholla 1 km
- Gulići 2.9 km
- Veli Maj 2.9 km
- Vranići 3.1 km
- Stancija Vodopija 4.3 km
- Červar Porat 5.2 km
- Municipality of Poreč 8 km
- Municipality of Tar-Varbriga 8.9 km
- Municipality of Novigrad 10 km
- Gulf of Venice 52 km
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