Žejane

Žejane
Village
Žejane is located in Croatia
Žejane
Žejane
Location within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°26′26″N 14°11′40″E / 45.44056°N 14.19444°E / 45.44056; 14.19444
CountryCroatia
CountyPrimorje-Gorski Kotar
MunicipalityMatulji
Area
 • Total
22.6 km2 (8.7 sq mi)
Elevation
618 m (2,028 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total
105
 • Density4.65/km2 (12.0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
51212

Žejane (Istro Romanian: Jeiăn; Italian: Seiane) is a village in the eastern part of the mountainous Ćićarija area in Istria, in western Croatia. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Matulji in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. In 2011, the population of Žejane was 130.[3]

Description

The village is 18 km north-west of Matulji, near the municipality road leading from Vele Mune and Male Mune to Opatija and Rijeka, in a karst valley between two mountain ridges.

The village is known for the Ćići: Istro-Romanians who settled here in the late 15th, or early 16th century from 1510 until 1525, when the villages Vele Mune, Male Mune, and Žejane were settled by Krsto Frankopan.[4][5]

Demography

Population number according to the census[6]
1857186918801890190019101921193119481953196119711981199120012011
505546531565601596547540511493383379250189141130

Citations

  1. ↑ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ↑ Census 2011.
  4. ↑ Ribarić 2002, pp. 79, 78.
  5. ↑ Ribarić 2002, p. 61.
  6. ↑ Bureau of Statistics n.d.

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