Žejane (; ) is a village in the eastern part of the mountainous

Ćićarija Ćićarija (; ; ; ) is a mountainous plateau in the northern and northeastern part of the Istria peninsula, long and wide. It mostly lies in Croatia, while its northern part lies in southwestern Slovenia (the traditional region of Inner Carniol ...

area in

Istria Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; ; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian: ; ; ) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. Located at th ...

, in western

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. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of

Matulji Matulji is a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, northwestern Croatia. It is located west of the city of Rijeka, north of the town of Opatija, and it borders Slovenia. Matulji is first mentioned in written History, historical sources in ...

Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje – Gorski Kotar County (, ) is a Counties of Croatia, county in western Croatia, most of it based in the historical and cultural region called Croatia proper and some of it in Istria, including the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northe ...

. In 2011, the population of Žejane was 130.

Description

The village is 18 km north-west of

, near the municipality road leading from Vele Mune and Male Mune to

Opatija Opatija (; ; ) is a List of cities and towns in Croatia, town and a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in northwestern Croatia. The traditional seaside resort on the Kvarner Gulf is known for its Mediterranean climate and its historic bu ...

and

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

, in a karst valley between two mountain ridges. The village is known for the

Ćići Ćić (plural Ćići, , , ) is an ethnonym and Exonym and endonym, exonym in a broader sense for all the people who live in the mountainous Ćićarija area in Croatia and Slovenia. Alongside the term ''Ćiribirci'', in the narrow sense, it is an e ...

Istro-Romanians The Istro-Romanians ( or ) are a Romance languages, Romance ethnic group native to or associated with the Istria, Istrian Peninsula. Historically, they inhabited vast parts of it, as well as the western side of the island of Krk until 1875. Howe ...

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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zejane Istro-Romanian settlements Populated places in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County