Žejane

Žejane
Village
Žejane

Location of Žejane in Croatia

Coordinates: 45°26′26″N 14°11′40″E / 45.44056°N 14.19444°E / 45.44056; 14.19444Coordinates: 45°26′26″N 14°11′40″E / 45.44056°N 14.19444°E / 45.44056; 14.19444
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 CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 51212

Žejane (Istro-Romanian: Jeiăn) is a village in the eastern part of mountainous Ćićarija area in Istria, Croatia. Administratively it belongs to municipality of Matulji in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. In 2011, the population of the village itself is 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 census[4]
1857 1869 1880 1890 1900 1910 1921 1931 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011
505 546 531 565 601 596 547 540 511 494 383 379 250 189 141 130

References

  1. 1 2 "Stanovništvo prema starosti i spolu po naseljima, popisi 2011." (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Ribarić 2002, p. 79, 78.
  3. ↑ Ribarić 2002, p. 61.
  4. ↑ "Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001." (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
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