Valun | |
Other Name: | Vallòn di Cherso |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Coordinates: | 44.9052°N 14.3598°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
Subdivision Type2: | Town |
Subdivision Name2: | Cres |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 8.3 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 64 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 51557 |
Area Code: | 051 |
Registration Plate: | RI |
Valun (Italian: Italian: Vallòn di Cherso) is a village located on the Croatian island of Cres, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar. Administratively, it is part of the town of Cres. As of 2021, it had a population of 64.
Valun is a fisherman’s village located to the southwest of the town of Cres. The village of Valun was founded as a port of the now abandoned village of Bućov.
The village is famous for being the location where one of the oldest Croatian Glagolitic inscriptions, the Valun tablet, was found.