Ston on the Pelješac peninsula recorded the largest percentage increase in the number of residents, as much as 12.5 percent, in Croatia this year.
Ston has three hundred more inhabitants, partly because of international workers on the Pelješac Bridge, but also those who moved there from parts of Croatia because they consider Ston a perfect oasis for a peaceful family life.
More than 20 babies were born this year in Ston.
Three and a half years ago, Kristijana and Franjo Romić moved from the capital Zagreb to Hodilj near Ston.
“It is a small place, everyone knows everyone, everyone will help everyone. While we lived in Zagreb, we lived in a building with five apartments and we did not know any neighbours. We would rarely meet,” Franjo Romić told HRT.