Ližnjan
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Ližnjan
Lisignano | |
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Municipality | |
| Ližnjan Municipality Općina Ližnjan - Comune di Lisignano[1] | |
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 Location of Ližnjan municipality in Istria | |
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  Ližnjan | |
| Coordinates: 44°50′N 13°57′E / 44.833°N 13.950°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Istria County |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marko Ravnić |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 68.1 km2 (26.3 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 10.6 km2 (4.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Municipality | 4,087 |
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,445 |
| • Urban density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code[4] | 52100 Pula |
| Area code | 052 |
| Website | liznjan |
Ližnjan (Italian: Lisignano)[5] is a village and municipality in Istria, Croatia. It has high biodiversity.
There is a small church named Crkva Majke Božje od Kuj that dates back to the 17th century but was built on ancient foundations. It has a glass floor with an ornamental painting underneath. Importantly, the municipality also includes the remains of the ancient city of Nesactium, built by the ancient Histri.
Demographics
[edit]According to the 2021 census, its population was 4,087, with 1,445 living in the town proper.[3] It was 3,965 in 2011.[6]
The municipality consists of the following settlements:[3]
- Jadreški, population 537
- Ližnjan, population 1,445
- Muntić, population 325
- Šišan, population 1,007
- Valtura, population 773
| population | 1436 | 1767 | 1884 | 2255 | 2625 | 3313 | 3303 | 3548 | 2837 | 2659 | 2636 | 2247 | 2221 | 2371 | 2945 | 3965 | 4087 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Sport
[edit]Ližnjan has a football team named Liznjan. They came first in the 2 league and now they are fighting for progress.
References
[edit]- ^ The official site, see also the list of towns and municipalities in the Istria County (ref. to [1]) and the narodne-novine list (ref. to [2])
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ a b c "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ List of Croatian settlements and delivery post offices. Wikidata Q125763583.
- ^ Lalli Paćelat, Ivana; Brkić Bakarić, Marija; Matticchio, Isabella (2020-10-30). "Službena dvojezičnost u Istarskoj županiji: stanje i perspektive" [Official Bilingual Status in Istria County: State and Perspectives]. Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik (in Croatian). pp. 815–837. doi:10.31724/rihjj.46.2.20. eISSN 1849-0379.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Ližnjan". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
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