Oprtalj
Oprtalj
Portole | |
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Municipality | |
| Oprtalj Municipality Općina Oprtalj - Comune di Portole[1] | |
 Oprtalj, panoramic view | |
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  Oprtalj | |
| Coordinates: 45°23′N 13°50′E / 45.383°N 13.833°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Istria County |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Aleksandar Krt |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 60.3 km2 (23.3 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Municipality | 748 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 75 |
| • Urban density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code[4] | 52460 Buje |
| Area code | 052 |
| Website | oprtalj |
Oprtalj (Italian: Portole)[5] is a village and municipality in Istria, Croatia. Oprtalj is a community in the central northern part of Istria County, situated across the Mirna river valley from the village of Motovun, about 20 km northwest of Pazin.
Oprtalj used to be a fortress surrounded by walls. In front of the former door, there is a large Venetian loggia with a lapidary. [6]
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2021 census, its population was 748, with 75 living in the village of Oprtalj itself.[3]
The municipality consists of the following settlements:[3]
- Bencani, population 5
- Čepić, population 52
- Golubići, population 23
- Gradinje, population 109
- Ipši, population 17
- Krajići, population 8
- Livade, population 169
- Oprtalj, population 75
- Pirelići, population 47
- Sveta Lucija, population 37
- Sveti Ivan, population 38
- Šorgi, population 34
- Vižintini, population 24
- Vižintini Vrhi, population 13
- Zrenj, population 55
- Žnjidarići, population 42
Oprtalj: Population trends 1857–2021
| population | 3678 | 3896 | 3895 | 4198 | 4232 | 4649 | 4524 | 4382 | 3803 | 3186 | 2220 | 1500 | 1255 | 1109 | 981 | 850 | 748 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Gallery
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Church of Our Lady of the Greeks -
Oprtalj cypress tree-lined road -
Čabrnica/Zabarnizza -
Oprtalj Loggia -
Church of Saint George
References
[edit]- ^ The official site, see also the list of towns and municipalities Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback Machine in the Istria County (ref. to [1]) and the narodne-novine list (ref. to [2])
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ a b c "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ List of Croatian settlements and delivery post offices. Wikidata Q125763583.
- ^ Lalli Paćelat, Ivana; Brkić Bakarić, Marija; Matticchio, Isabella (2020-10-30). "Službena dvojezičnost u Istarskoj županiji: stanje i perspektive" [Official Bilingual Status in Istria County: State and Perspectives]. Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik (in Croatian). pp. 815–837. doi:10.31724/rihjj.46.2.20. eISSN 1849-0379.
- ^ "ISTRA.HR". www.istra.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-04-29.
External links
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