Cerovlje

Cerovlje
Municipality
Cerovlje Municipality
Općina Cerovlje
Cerovlje

Location of Cerovlje in Croatia

Coordinates: 45°16′41″N 14°0′36″E / 45.27806°N 14.01000°E / 45.27806; 14.01000Coordinates: 45°16′41″N 14°0′36″E / 45.27806°N 14.01000°E / 45.27806; 14.01000
Country Croatia
County Istria
Area
  Total 105 km2 (41 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 1,677
  Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 52402
Area code(s) 52
Website www.cerovlje.hr

Cerovlje (Italian: Cerreto) is both a village and the surrounding municipality (group of villages gathered together for governmental purposes); it is at the centre of the northern boundary of the Istrian peninsula in Croatia.

Description

Many ancient towns and decayed castles (Belaj, Posert, Paz, Gologorica, Gradinje) can be found in its territory. Almost every town or castle in Cerovlje is on top of a hill, from where they could see enemies from a farther distance. During the Middle Ages (under the reign of the Holy Roman Empire), the people of Cerovlje also built many churches.

Demographics

The total population of Cerovlje is 1,667 (census 2011).[1]

The census of 2011 had recorded the following settlements:[1]

Municipality Lanišće

Population number according census[2]
1857 1869 1880 1890 1900 1910 1921 1931 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
3.585 3.707 3.954 3.993 4.185 4.378 4.405 4.780 3.834 3.607 3.049 2.485 2.024 1.815 1.745 1.677

Note: Emerged from old Pazin municipality. From 1857 until 1971 includes part of the data of Pazin.

Lanišće (village)

Population number according census[2]
1857 1869 1880 1890 1900 1910 1921 1931 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
131 135 196 228 223 216 0 1.090 282 285 303 243 223 203 229 241

Note: In 1921 part of data is contained in Gologorica. In 1931 contains data from villages Gologorica, Gologorički Dol and Previž.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Cerovlje". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001." (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
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