Like all settlements in Šotovento, Poljica is not on the coast but in the interior of the island, about 3 km southeast of Čavlena bay.

In the Middle Ages, until the 15th century, this part of the island was predominantly deserted and poorly inhabited.

In order to increase tax revenues, Ivan VII Frankopan settled in the mid-15th century in this area and in the area around Dubašnica, and also between the castles of Dobrinj and Omišalj, Vlachs and Morlachs (Romanians, later Istro-Romanians) from Velebit.

Much of the residents work in nearby bigger places on the island such as Malinska or Krk.

Among them, the bell tower of the parish church of Saints Cosmas and Damian is made of fine chrome stone.

Nearby in the woods at Čavlena bay there is a small early Christian church of St. Krševan.

[5] Oak forests made the island of Krk attractive for ship builders, dating to Liburnian times.