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Sveti Petar u Šumi

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nameSveti Petar u Šumi
official_nameSveti Petar u Šumi Municipality
other_nameSan Pietro in Selve
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_skylineSveti Petar u Šumi.jpg
image_captionTrain station
image_flagZastava Svetog Petra u Šumi.svg
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coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1County
subdivision_name1Istria County
subdivision_type2Municipality
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameMario Bratulić (HDZ)
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km214.2
area_urban_km214.2
population_footnotes
population_as_of2021
population_total1051
population_density_km2auto
population_urban1051
population_density_urban_km2auto
timezoneCET
timezone_DSTCEST
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utc_offset_DST+2
postal_code_typePostal code
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website

Sveti Petar u Šumi (Italian: San Pietro in Selve; archaic ) is the only village in the eponymous municipality (općina) in Istria County, west Croatia.

Geography

It is located within the centre of the Istrian peninsula near the regional capital Pazin, about 6 km northwest of Žminj.

History

The settlement in the March of Istria arose around the Benedictine Saint Peter and Paul Abbey, probably founded in the 1130s and first mentioned about 1174/76. The abandoned monastery was dedicated to the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit by the Habsburg emperor Frederick III with the consent of Pope Pius II in 1459. The present-day Baroque monastery complex was finished in 1731. The Pauline abbey was dissolved by Emperor Joseph II in 1782 but re-established in 1993.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was 1,051. The population was 1,065 (as of the 2011 census).

References

References

  1. {{Cite Q. Q119585703
  2. {{Croatian Census 2021. S
  3. {{Cite Q. Q125763583
  4. {{Croatian Census 2011. S. 18. 4332
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