Buzet

Buzet
Buzet
	— Town —
Town of Buzet; Grad Buzet
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Buzet Location of Buzet in Croatia
	Coordinates: 45°25′N 13°58′E / 45.417°N 13.967°ECoordinates: 45°25′N 13°58′E / 45.417°N 13.967°E
Country	Croatia
County	Istria
	Government
• Mayor	Valter Flego (IDS-DDI)
	Population (2001)
• Total	6,059
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	buzet.hr

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For the French wine, see Buzet AOC.

Buzet (Croatian pronunciation: [bǔzɛt]; Latin: Piquentum; Italian: Pinguente) is a town in Istria, Croatia, population 6,059 (2001). Already at the time of Venetian rule, Buzet supplied military stations and the local population with potable water. Today the region of Buze-stina is the central area of the future Native Park of Istria. Beautiful, almost pristine nature and an abundance of cultural and historical monuments, together with wholesome, home-made food (especially that which uses home-grown ingredients, such as the highly-esteemed White Truffle), exquisite local wines, folklore (ancient music playing - lamentations and dances - balun, legends of citadels) and pearls of small towns on conically shaped hills (Roč, Hum, Vrh, and Sovinjak) attract tourists every year.