Žejane
Žejane | |
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Village | |
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  Žejane Location of Žejane in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°26′26″N 14°11′40″E / 45.44056°N 14.19444°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| Municipality | Matulji |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22,875 km2 (8,832 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 618 m (2,028 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 130 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 51212 |
Žejane (Istro Romanian: Jeiăn; Italian: Seiane) is a village in the eastern part of mountainous Ćićarija area in Istria, Croatia. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Matulji in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. In 2011, the population of Žejane was 130.[1]
Description
The village is situated 18 km north-west of Matulji, near the municipality road which leads from Vele Mune and Male Mune to Opatija and Rijeka, in karst valley between two mountain ridges.
The village is specific for its inhabitants Ćići, so-called Istro-Romanians, who settled here in the late 15th, or early 16th century from 1510 until 1525, when by Krsto Frankopan were settled villages Vele Mune, Male Mune, and Žejane.[2] In the document were mentioned settled families and their surnames, of which the most were preserved until today.[3]
Demography
| Population number according to the census[4] | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
| 505 | 546 | 531 | 565 | 601 | 596 | 547 | 540 | 511 | 493 | 383 | 379 | 250 | 189 | 141 | 130 |
References
- ^ a b "Stanovništvo prema starosti i spolu po naseljima, popisi 2011" (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Ribarić 2002, p. 79, 78.
- ^ Ribarić 2002, p. 61.
- ^ "Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001" (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- Bibliography
- Josip Ribarić (1916). O istarskim dijalektima: razmještaj južnoslavenskih dijalekata na poluotoku Istri s opisom vodičkog govora (in Croatian). Pazin: Josip Turčinović (2002).
- Zbornik općine Lanišće (English: Anthology of Lanišče municipality), 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 (in Croatian). Pazin: Josip Turčinović.
- Sources
- "Žejane". Istrian Encyclopedia. 2008.
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