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Lokve
Municipality
Lake Lokve in Gorski kotar, Mt. Risnjak in the distance.
LokveLocation of Lokve within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°21′29″N 14°44′53″E / 45.35806°N 14.74806°E / 45.35806; 14.74806
Country	Croatia
County	Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Government
• Mayor	Toni Štimac
Area
• Municipality	42.0 km (16.2 sq mi)
• Urban	4.7 km (1.8 sq mi)
Population
• Municipality	850
• Density	20/km (52/sq mi)
• Urban	464
• Urban density	99/km (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	51 316
Area code	051
Website	lokve.hr

Lokve (Italian: Loque) is a Croatian municipality of Primorje–Gorski Kotar County. With an area of 42 km, it has a population of 1,049.

The municipality is located in the mountainous region of Gorski kotar. The Lokvarsko Lake (Lokvarsko jezero) is located between the settlements of Homer and Mrzla Vodica.

The settlements in the municipality are:

• Homer, population 272
• Lazac Lokvarski, population 18
• Lokve, population 584
• Mrzla Vodica, population 16
• Sleme, population 104
• Sopač, population 39
• Zelin Mrzlovodički, population 16

The 1st Underwater Orienteering World Championships was held in Lokve in 1973.

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Lokve". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
4. "Izložba povodom 40. Obljetnice 1. Svjetskog prvenstva u podvodnoj orijentaciji održanog u Lokvama 1973.godine – Općina Lokve".

External links

• Touristic site of Lokve
• Coat of arms of Lokve (on hr.wp)

45°21′29″N 14°44′53″E / 45.35806°N 14.74806°E / 45.35806; 14.74806

v t e Subdivisions of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Cities and towns	Bakar Cres Crikvenica Čabar Delnice Kastav Kraljevica Krk Mali Lošinj Novi Vinodolski Opatija Rab Rijeka (seat) Vrbovsko
Municipalities	Baška Brod Moravice Čavle Dobrinj Fužine Jelenje Klana Kostrena Lokve Lopar Lovran Malinska-Dubašnica Matulji Mošćenička Draga Mrkopalj Omišalj Punat Ravna Gora Skrad Vinodol Viškovo Vrbnik

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