Senj

Senj
Town
Grad Senj Town of Senj
Clockwise, from top: Senj harbour, City walls, example of renaissance housing architecture, Nehaj, Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, Senj, Bell tower of the Co-Cathedral
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Senj Location of Senj within Croatia
Coordinates: 44°59′24.52″N 14°54′10.96″E / 44.9901444°N 14.9030444°E / 44.9901444; 14.9030444
Country	Croatia
County	Lika-Senj
Government
• Mayor	Jurica Tomljanović (HDZ)
• Town Council	13 members • HDZ, HBS (8) • Lipo Party (3) • SDP (1) • Idependet (1)
Area [1]
• Town	657.9 km2 (254.0 sq mi)
• Urban	3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Town	5,973
• Density	9.1/km2 (24/sq mi)
• Urban	4,164
• Urban density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	53 270
Area code	053
Website	senj.hr

Senj (Croatian: [sêɲ];^[3] Italian: Segna; Latin: Senia; Hungarian and German: Zengg) is a town on the upper Adriatic coast in Croatia, in the foothills of the Mala Kapela and Velebit mountains.

The symbol of the town is the Nehaj Fortress (Croatian: Tvrđava Nehaj) which was completed in 1558. For a time this was the seat of the Uskoks (Italian: Uscocchi), who were Christian refugees from Ottoman Bosnia resettled here to protect the Habsburg borderlands. The Republic of Venice accused the Uskoks of piracy and declared war on them which led to their expulsion following a truce in 1617.

Senj is to be found in the Lika-Senj County of Croatia, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gospić-Senj and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rijeka.