Valun

Valun
Village
Valun village centre
Country  Croatia
Municipality Cres
Population (2001.)
  Total 62
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Valun is a village on the Croatian island of Cres.

Coordinates: 44°54′N 14°21′E / 44.900°N 14.350°E / 44.900; 14.350

Valun is a fishermans village located to the southwest of the town of Cres.

The village of Valun was founded as a port of the now abandoned village of Bućov.

The village is famous as the location where one of the oldest croatian glagolithic inscriptions, called the Valun tablet, was found.

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