Matulji ( it, Mattuglie) is a municipality in

Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Primorje-Gorski Kotar County ( hr, Primorsko-goranska županija, ) is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littoral, and the mountainous region of Gorski kotar. Its center is Rijeka. The ...

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. It is located west of the city of

Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...

, north of the town of

Opatija Opatija (; it, Abbazia; german: Sankt Jakobi) is a town and a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. The traditional seaside resort on the Kvarner Gulf is known for its Mediterranean climate and its historic buildings r ...

, and it borders

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Municipality

There are a total of 11,246 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements: * Brdce, population 67 * Bregi, population 700 * Brešca, population 159 * Jurdani, population 651 * Jušići, population 861 * Kućeli, population 455 * Lipa, population 129 *

Male Mune Male Mune ( it, Mune Piccolo) is a village in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Matulji Matulji ( it, Mattuglie) is a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia. It is loca ...

, population 103 * Mali Brgud, population 134 * Matulji, population 3,731 * Mihotići, population 1,050 * Mučići, population 362 * Pasjak, population 140 *

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, population 102 * Rukavac, population 854 *

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, population 349 * Ružići, population 123 * Šapjane, population 188 *

Vele Mune Vele Mune ( it, Mune Grande) is a village in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Matulji. Population See also * Male Mune Male Mune ( it, Mune Piccolo) is a village in the Prim ...

, population 122 * Veli Brgud, population 485 * Zaluki, population 73 * Zvoneće, population 279 *

Žejane Žejane ( ruo, Jeiăn; it, Seiane) is a village in the eastern part of mountainous Ćićarija area in Istria, Croatia. Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Matulji in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. In 2011, the population of Žejane ...

, population 130 In the 2011 census, 90.87% were

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Transport

The municipality is of great transportation importance because of the major railway and highway networks connecting Rijeka with

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and

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to the west,

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and

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to the east and

Pula Pula (; also known as Pola, it, Pola , hu, Pòla, Venetian language, Venetian; ''Pola''; Istriot language, Istriot: ''Puola'', Slovene language, Slovene: ''Pulj'') is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the List of cities and town ...

to the south through the

Učka The Učka ([], it, Monte Maggiore) is a mountain range in western Croatia. It rises behind the Opatija riviera, on the eastern side of the Istrian peninsula. It forms a single morphological unit together with the Ćićarija range which stretches ...

tunnel. Sixty five percent of the annual Croatian border traffic takes place through four international border crossings - Pasjak (with

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Ilirska Bistrica Ilirska Bistrica (; german: Illyrisch Feistritz; it, Villa del Nevoso, before 1927: ''Bisterza,'' Hungarian: ''Illírbeszterce'') is a town in the Inner Carniola region of southwestern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality ...

municipality on the Slovenian side),

(with

Jelšane Jelšane (; it, Elsane) is a village in the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia, right on the border with Croatia. The Jelšane Border checkpoint, international border crossing between Slovenia and Croatia is ...

), Mune (with

), and Lipa (with Novokračine) - within the Matulji municipality. Šapjane, a main railway crossing into Slovenia with

) on the Slovenian side, is also in the municipality. The Opatija - Matulji railway station, the principal railway station for Opatija and surrounding municipalities, was constructed and opened in 1873. The A7 motorway starts in the northern part of the municipality, on the border crossing with Slovenia and connects with the A8 expressway at the south, next to Rijeka and Opatija.

Folklore

The region is well known locally for its Istro-Romanian folklore, namely

Zvončari Zvončari ("bellmen") is the characteristic folk custom maintained in the region around Rijeka, Croatia. It was added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009. The custom dates to Slavic pagan anti ...

during the carnival festivities.

References

Sources

Matulji Tourist Board

External links

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