Istria County

Istria County, Istarska županija, Regione Istriana
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Basic data
State :	Croatia
Seat :	Pazin
Area :	2,813  km²
Residents :	208,055 ( 2011 )
Population density :	74 inhabitants per km²
Biggest City :	Pula
Telephone code :	052
ISO 3166-2 :	HR-18
NUTS3 code4 :	HR036
Coordinates	45 ° 14 '  N , 13 ° 56'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 14 '  N , 13 ° 56'  E
Structure and administration (as of 2013)
Cities :	10
Municipalities :	31
Settlements :	656
Gespan :	Valter Flego ( IDS / DDI )
Coalition partner :	HNS, Zeleni
Postal address :	Flantička 29 Via Flanatica 29 52 000 Pula / Pola
Website :	www.istra-istria.hr

Istria gas county with main roads

The County of Istria ( Croatian: Istarska županija , Italian: Regione istriana ) is a County [ ɡəˈʃpaːnʃaft ] in western Croatia . It covers most of the Istrian peninsula on the Adriatic . It borders Slovenia in the north and Primorje-Gorski kotar County in the east . It has an area of ​​2,813 km² and a population of 208,055 (2011 census).

Political institutions

The official administrative seat of the county and the seat of the county assembly is Pazin . The seat of the county government is Pula . Solemn sessions of the county assembly usually take place in the building of the former Istrian parliament in Poreč / Parenzo . In addition to Croatian , Italian is also used as the official language in the settlement areas of the Italian minority .

population

Age pyramid of the Istria County (2011 census)

Composition of the population of Istria County by nationality according to the 2011 census:

Ethnicity	number	percent
Croatians	142.173	68.33%
Italian	12,543	6.03%
Serbs	7.206	3.46%
Bosniaks	6,146	2.95%
Albanians	2,393	1.15%
Slovenes	1,793	0.86%
Roma	858	0.41%
Montenegrins	759	0.36%
Macedonians	509	0.24%
Hungary	474	0.23%
German	226	0.11%
Declaration in terms of regional population *	25.203	12.11%

* No nationality (in the officially defined sense) was given, but a regional affiliation.

cities and communes

The Istria County is divided into 10 cities and 31 municipalities. These are listed below with the population at the time of the 2011 census. The Italian names also officially used are in brackets.

Cities

city	Pop.	image
Buje (Buie)	5,182
Buzet	6.133
Labin	11,642
Novigrad (Cittanova)	4,345
Pazin	8,638
Poreč (Parenzo)	16,696
Pula (Pola)	57,460
Rovinj (Rovigno)	14,294
Umag (Umago)	13,467
Vodnjan (Dignano)	6.119

Communities

local community	Pop.
Bale (Valle)	1,127
Barban	2,721
Brtonigla (Verteneglio)	1,626
Cerovlje	1,677
Fažana (Fasana)	3,635
Funtana (Fontane)	907
Gračišće	1,419
Grožnjan (Grisignana)	736
Kanfanar	1,543
Karojba	1,438
Kaštelir-Labinci (Castellier-Santa Domenica)	1,463
Kršan	2,951
Lanišće	329
Ližnjan	3,965
Lupoglav	924
Marčana	4,253
Medulin	6,481
Motovun (Montona)	1.004
Oprtalj (Portole)	850
Pićan	1,360
Raša	3,183
Sveta Nedelja	1,685
Sveti Lovreč	1,015
Sveti Petar and Šumi	1,065
Svetvinčenat (Sanvincenti)	2,202
Tar-Vabriga (Torre-Abrega)	1,990
Tinjan	1,684
Višnjan (Visignano)	2,274
Vižinada (Visinada)	1,158
Vrsar (Orsera)	2.162
Žminj	3,483

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.dzs.hr/Hrv/censuses/Census2001/Popis/H01_02_02/H01_02_02.html

Web links

• http://www.istra-istria.hr/ Istria County
• http://www.istra.hr/deutsch.php Official, German-language website of the Istrian Tourist Board