Presika (
Italian
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: Fratta) is a village in the
Labin-Albona municipality in
Istria County
Istria County (; ; , "Istrian Region") is the westernmost Counties of Croatia, county of Croatia which includes the majority of the Istrian peninsula.
Administrative centers in the county are Pazin, Pula and Poreč. Istria County has the larg ...
,
Croatia
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.
History
Between the two World Wars, Presika was notable for its open-pit
quarries
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.
Demographics
According to the
2021 census, its population was 561.
It was 578 in 2011.
Note: In 1857, 1869, 1921, and 1931, data was included in the settlement of Labin.
Source
Publications of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics
References
Populated places in Istria County
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