Nin

Nin (Latin: Aenona or Nona) is a town in the Zadar county of Croatia, with a population 1,256 (2001), and total municipality population 4,603 (2001).

Nin was historically important as a centre of a medieval Christian Bishopric. Up to the Latinization imposed by King Tomislav in the first half of the 10th century, Nin was the centre of the Croatian Church. Nin was also the seat of the Princes of Dalmatia. The Bishop Gregory of Nin (Grgur ninski) was an important figure in the 10th century Church politics of Dalmatia.

Its location is intriguing; the heart of Nin and its historical center is  on an islet only 500 meters in diameter. Nin is situated in a lagoon on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, surrounded by natural sandy beaches and linked with the mainland by two stone bridges from the 16th century. According to historians the area of Nin appears to have been settled 10000 years ago. The present-day town on the islet developed 3000 years ago and is one of the older towns on the eastern Adriatic.