Kaštelir-Labinci ( ) is a municipality in

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. Kaštelir and Labinci have been gradually urbanized over the centuries, and have gradually merged into one place. According to

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data, Labinci used to be a bigger place than Kaštela, but today Kašteliri is a bigger place, which is also evident from the name of the place. Throughout history, these two places were under the

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of Motovun and later Vižinada.

Demographics

In 2021, the municipality had 1,493 residents in the following 15 settlements: * Babići, population 76 * Brnobići, population 156 *

Cerjani Cerjani (Italian: Ceriani) is a village in Kaštelir-Labinci municipality in Istria County, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. ...

, population 22 *

Deklići Deklići (Italian: Decli) is a village in Kaštelir-Labinci municipality in Istria County, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. ...

, population 34 * Dvori, population 62 *

Kaštelir Kaštelir () is a village in Kaštelir-Labinci municipality in Istria County, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Sl ...

, population 305 * Kovači, population 65 *

Krančići Krančići (Italian: Cocianci) is a village in Kaštelir-Labinci municipality in Istria County, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic ...

, population 81 *

Labinci Labinci (Italian language, Italian: Santa Domenica) is a village in Kaštelir-Labinci municipality in Istria County, Croatia. Demographics According to the 2021 census, its population was 315. It was 294 in 2011. References

Populated plac ...

, population 315 *

Mekiši kod Kaštelira Mekiši kod Kaštelira (Italian: Mechissi) is a small village in Kaštelir-Labinci municipality in Istria County, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coas ...

, population 9 * Rogovići, population 101 *

Rojci Rojci (Italian: Roiaz) is a village in Kaštelir-Labinci municipality in Istria County, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It ...

, population 72 *

Roškići Roškići (Italian: Roschi) is a village in Kaštelir-Labinci municipality in Istria County, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea ...

, population 52 *

Tadini Tadini is a village in Kaštelir-Labinci municipality in Istria County, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Sloven ...

, population 68 *

Valentići Valentići (Italian: Valenti) is a village in Kaštelir-Labinci municipality in Istria County, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic S ...

, population 75

Languages

Although though the

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does not guarantee official Croatian-Italian bilinguialism, the statute of Kaštelir-Labinci itself does.

References

External links

Kaštelir-Labinci Official site
Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Istria County Populated places in Croatia where Italian is an official language {{Istria-geo-stub