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'''Pag''' (((lang-it|Pago)), ((lang-de|Baag))) is the largest [[town]] on the island of [[Pag (island)|Pag]], with a population of 2,343 (2021) in the urban core and 3,178 in the entire municipality.<ref>((Cite web |title=Državni zavod za statistiku - Popis '21 |url=https://popis2021.hr/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=popis2021.hr |archive-date=2022-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115062703/https://www.popis2021.hr/ |url-status=dead ))</ref>

((coord|44|26.61|N|15|03.27|E|region:HR_type:isle_source:GNS-enwiki|display=title))

==History==

Medieval Pag emerged near the salterns where the abandoned Old Town used to be, ((convert|3|km|0|abbr=off)) south of the present location. According to historical documents, the name Pag was mentioned for the first time in the 10th century. In 976, the Croatian king [[Stjepan Držislav]] took Pag from the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] authority and appointed a Croatian district Prefect as the administrator of the town. In 1102, the Croatians voluntary formed a union with Hungary under King Coloman, as they had a succession crisis after the death of [[Dmitar Zvonimir|Demetrius Zvonimir]]. Hungary did agree to maintain the Croatian nobility, with the Sabor (Council of Croatian nobles) and a ban (Croat viceroy).

In 1244 [[Hungary|Hungarian]] king [[Béla IV]] granted Pag the status of a free royal town.<ref name=":0">((Cite web |title=Povjest grada Paga - Grad Pag |url=https://www.pag.hr/index.php/gradska-uprava/povjest-paga |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.pag.hr))</ref> After the rebellion against Zadar, Pag obtained partial autonomy, and [[Louis the Great of Hungary|Ludovic I]] acknowledged its full autonomy in 1376 as to all other [[Dalmatia]]n towns. In the battles against Zadar which took place in 1394, Pag suffered a heavy defeat and devastation, and the inhabitants moved to a new location, where the present Pag was founded.<ref>((Cite web |date=2013-07-20 |title=Pažani predvođeni čudotvornim križem preselili iz starog u novi grad |url=https://www.zadarskilist.hr/clanci/20072013/pazani-predvodeni-cudotvornim-krizem-preselili-iz-starog-u-novi-grad |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Zadarski list |language=hr))</ref>

In 1403, King Louis the Great, the King of Hungary and also of Croatia and Poland, sold his share of Dalmatia, Pag included, to [[Venice]] and thus sentenced Pag to a centuries-long life under Venetian rule. In 1433 Pag received the Town Statute, one of the first documents of that sort in Croatia.

In the middle of the 15th century, the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] threat kept rising and therefore the inhabitants of Pag decided to build a new town. The construction works began on today's location of the town, on 18 May 1443. The urban plans of the new town were developed in Venice respecting the principles of architecture and urbanism of that time. [[Giorgio da Sebenico]] (= Juraj Dalmatinac), a great constructor and sculptor participated in the development of the urban plan.

In the 19th century, the town was ruled by the Austrian monarchy, [[Dalmatia]] Province, until the creation of the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] in 1918, under the bilingual name Pag-Pago.

In the late 19th century and the early 20th century, the town of Pag had 4700 inhabitants. In later years, and especially in 1905, following the emergence of a blight, which had destroyed the vineyards, the population started declining. Many inhabitants emigrated, mostly to the United States, Canada and Australia.<ref>((Cite web |title=Obitelj portada |url=http://www.plemstvo.hr/obitelji/portada |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=www.plemstvo.hr))</ref>

Another wave of depopulation of Pag town and island took place at the end of the Second World War. In this period, the nobility completely ceased to exist.

During the [[Croatian War of Independence]] in 1991, the only link between southern and northern Croatia was the island Pag, thanks to the bridge that connects it to the mainland on the south and a ferry line on the north of Pag.

==Cultural heritage==

Pag was the seat of a Roman Catholic [[Bishop of Cissa]].

In 1443 the new town was founded and built according to new principles of town-planning. The longitudinal and the transversal streets, the latter known as Vela ulica, intersect at a right angle, forming in this way a rectangular square with the Collegiate Church, the Duke's Palace and the unfinished Bishop's Palace, which, as well as the town walls, were built by the famous mason and sculptor [[Giorgio da Sebenico]].
[[File:Grad Pag 1443.JPG|thumb|Pag 1443]]
The Collegiate Church is a three-nave basilica with three apses. The simple front is decorated with a Gothic portal, a Renaissance rosette and unfinished figures of the saints. In 1466 Juraj Dalmatinac became supervisor of the construction works on the church, while the building itself was carried out by his disciples; finished not before the beginning of the 16th century; restored in the 18th century, when the stucco work on the ceiling was performed. The church accommodates valuable works of art: the altar painting Our Lady of the Rosary, the Gothic wooden cross, and the silver processional crucifix and reliquaries are safeguarded in the treasury. The bell tower with its present height was erected in 1526.

In the [[Benedictine]] church of St. Marguerite, constructed after the plan of Giorgio da Sebenico, a silver processional cross and reliquaries are kept. The church of St. George, bearing [[Renaissance]] features, is a work of local [[stonemason|masons]] from the 16th century.

There are several houses and smaller palaces with Renaissance façades, portals and coats of arms of local noble families in the town.

The Old Town includes partially preserved walls and the main church, a three-nave basilica built in the Romanesque style; the fronts of the Romanesque and Gothic styles were built in 1392 by the sculptor Paul from Sulmona. The ruins of a [[Franciscan]] monastery from 1589 are near the church.<ref name=":0" />

Pag Town is also the place of origin of [[Paška čipka]], the famous [[Pag lace|lacework]] whose first mention is related to sisters of the [[Order of Saint Benedict]] in 1579.<ref name=":0" /><ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.ezadar.hr/clanak/kolekcija-paske-cipke-sestara-benediktinki-proglasena-kulturnim-dobrom-hrvatske|title=Kolekcija paške čipke sestara benediktinki proglašena kulturnim dobrom Hrvatske|last=Portada|first=Josip|website=ezadar.rtl.hr|language=hr|access-date=2018-02-10))</ref>
[[File:Paška čipka.JPG|thumb|Famous lacework of Pag]]

==Population==
((Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=Town of Pag |p1857=3407 |p1869=3643 |p1880=3964 |p1890=4142 |p1900=4712 |p1910=4585 |p1921=4585 |p1931=4479 |p1948=4754 |p1953=4683 |p1961=4289 |p1971=3819 |p1981=3733 |p1991=4116 |p2001=4350 |p2011=3846 |p2021=3175))

==Politics==
===Minority councils and representatives===

Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.<ref name="T-Portal">((Cite web |url=https://www.tportal.hr/vijesti/clanak/manjinski-izbori-prve-nedjelje-u-svibnju-krecu-i-edukacije-20230313 |title=Manjinski izbori prve nedjelje u svibnju, kreću i edukacije |date= 13 March 2023 |author= |publisher=[[T-portal]] |access-date=10 June 2023))</ref> At the [[2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives elections]] [[Albanians of Croatia]] fulfilled legal requirements to elect 15 members minority councils of the Town of Pag but the elections were not organized due to the absence of candidatures.<ref name="ZŽ-Manjine-2023">((cite web|url=https://www.izbori.hr/site/UserDocsImages/2023/Manjinski%20izbori%202023/Rezultati/Z13_ZADARSKA_ZUPANIJA.pdf | title=Informacija o konačnim rezultatima izbora članova vijeća i izbora predstavnika nacionalnih manjina 2023. XIII. ZADARSKA ŽUPANIJA | date=2023 | author= | publisher=Državno izborno povjerenstvo Republike Hrvatske | page=8 | language=hr | format=PDF | access-date=13 June 2023))</ref>

==Economy==
Traditionally, cattle and sheep breeding, along with [[salt]] extraction, [[fishing]] and [[agriculture]] have been the basis of survival on the island throughout the centuries. The tradition of salt extraction most probably originates from the times of the first settlement in this area.

These traditional activities have been maintained until the present day. Now, around 40,000 sheep are kept on the island. Also, around 33,000 tons of salt are produced yearly, making ⅔ of the total production in Croatia. The salt basins are spread over ((convert|3.01|km2|ha|2|lk=out|abbr=off)).

The most important economic activity, not only for the inhabitants, is [[tourism]]. Tourism on the island of Pag has seen a boom in the last decades. A large, well-maintained public beach, particularly suitable for families with children, lies not far from the centre of the town. The famous lacework of Pag, the best-known national lacework, is produced here, and in the local cheese-monger's shop one of the most famous authentic national sorts of cheese - [[Paški sir]] - may be found. The prominent national costumes are also categorized as national souvenirs. The present rich touristic offering of Pag, which - along with the impressive landscape - stone lace in the sea - make Pag and the Pag Bay an exquisite tourist resort. 

Pag is often called the "island of [[stone]]" or the "island of the [[moon]]" because of the appearance of its [[surface]], and is one of the sunniest islands in the [[Adriatic Sea|Adriatic]] with over 2,500 [[Hour|hours]] of [[sunshine]] per [[year]]. <ref>((Cite web |title=Turistička zajednica Grada Paga - O Pagu |url=https://tzgpag.hr/hr/o-pagu.html |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=tzgpag.hr))</ref> 

== Gallery ==
((toomanyimages|date=June 2022))

<gallery widths="200">
File:Pag town.jpg|View of Pag from West.
File:20140507 Pag Basilika Assumption of Mary.jpg|Basilika Assumption of Mary
File:Otok Pag-Hrvatska.jpg
File:Pag - Gradska plaža Prosika.jpg|Prosika Beach
</gallery>

== References ==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((Commons category|Pag))
* [http://www.pag.hr/ City of Pag]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091209014220/http://www.pag-tourism.hr/ Tourist Board of Pag]

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