Cres
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 Cres
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| Location | Adriatic Sea |
| Coordinates | 44°57′36″N 14°24′29″E / 44.96000°N 14.40806°ECoordinates: 44°57′36″N 14°24′29″E / 44.96000°N 14.40806°E |
| Area | 405.78 km2 (156.67 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 639 m (2,096 ft) |
| Highest point | Gorice |
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| County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| Largest settlement | Cres (pop. 2289) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 3079 (2011) |
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| Official website | www |
Cres (pronounced [t͡srɛ̂ːs]; Italian: Cherso, German: Kersch, Latin: Crepsa, Greek: Χέρσος, Chersos) is an Adriatic island in Croatia. It is one of the northern islands in the Kvarner Gulf and can be reached via ferry from Rijeka, the island Krk or from the Istrian peninsula (line Brestova-Porozina).
With an area of 405.78 km2, Cres is the same size as the neighbouring island of Krk, although Krk has for many years been thought the largest of the islands. Cres has a population of 3,079 (2011).
Cres and the neighbouring island of Lošinj once used to be one island, but were divided by a channel and connected with a bridge at the town of Osor. Cres's only fresh water source is the Lake Vrana.
Cres has been inhabited since the Paleolithic time period. Its name predates classical antiquity and is derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)quer- ("cliff").
Cres was later ruled by the Greeks and, since the 1st century B.C., the Roman Empire. After the fall of the Roman Empire the island was taken over and became a part of the Byzantine Empire, and remained this way for centuries. In the 7th century the Croats invaded Cres and the islands around it. They returned to the islands in the early 9th century (believed to be somewhere around 812).
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