Buzet
Buzet | |
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Town of Buzet Grad Buzet | |
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Buzet Location of Buzet in Croatia | |
Coordinates: 45°25′N 13°58′E / 45.417°N 13.967°ECoordinates: 45°25′N 13°58′E / 45.417°N 13.967°E | |
Country | Croatia |
County | Istria |
Government | |
• Mayor | Siniša Žulić (IDS-DDI)[2] |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Town | 6,133 |
• Urban | 1,679 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www |
Buzet (Croatian pronunciation: [bǔzɛt]; Latin: Piquentum; Italian: Pinguente) is a town in Istria, Croatia, population 6,133 (2011).[1]
Demographics[]
The total municipal population is 6,133 distributed in the following settlements (with populations shown in parentheses):[1]
Baredine (43), (43), (95), (uninhabited), (7), Brnobići (52), Buzet (1,679), (19), (76), (45), (2), (43), (22), (76), Hum (30), (75), (88), (17), Klarići (39), (36), (19), (1), (12), Krbavčići (58), (19), (80), (72), (68), (64), (100), (49), (20), (31), (21), Paladini (47), (22), (46), Perci (52), (41), Podkuk (1), (12), (98), (71), (16), (51), (36), Rimnjak (19), Roč (153), (173), (7), (60), (19), (24), (13), (27), (23), (22), (63), (56), (6), (83), (227), (1,011), (39), (47), (189), (48), (63), Vrh (124)
History[]
Already at the time of Venetian rule, Buzet supplied military stations and the local population with potable water.
Geography[]
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1880 | 9,250 | — |
1890 | 9,804 | +6.0% |
1900 | 10,686 | +9.0% |
1910 | 11,562 | +8.2% |
1921 | 12,984 | +12.3% |
1931 | 10,496 | −19.2% |
1948 | 9,521 | −9.3% |
1953 | 8,838 | −7.2% |
1961 | 7,088 | −19.8% |
1971 | 5,895 | −16.8% |
1981 | 6,168 | +4.6% |
1991 | 6,295 | +2.1% |
2001 | 6,059 | −3.7% |
2011 | 6,133 | +1.2% |
Source: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2001, DZS, Zagreb, 2005 |
A few kilometers to the west is the ancient castle of Pietrapelosa.[3]
Gallery[]
Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Town and surrounding landscape
Railway station
Street in Buzet
Buzet Court Hall
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Buzet". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
- ^ "Grad Buzet".
- ^ Bruno Fras (10 September 2011). "Strange ruins in northern Istria" (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2012-06-01.
External links[]
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- Cities and towns in Croatia
- Populated places in Istria County
- Istria County geography stubs