Lupoglav, Istria County
Municipality in Istria County, Croatia
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Lupoglav (Italian: Lupogliano) is a municipality and village in Istria, Croatia.
Lupoglav
Lupogliano | |
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Municipality | |
Main arterial road in Lupoglav | |
Location of Lupoglav municipality in Istria | |
![]() Interactive map of Lupoglav | |
| Coordinates: 45°21′47″N 14°06′14″E | |
| Country | |
| County | |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Franko Baxa |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 35.4 sq mi (91.6 km2) |
| • Urban | 3.6 sq mi (9.4 km2) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 836 |
| • Density | 23.6/sq mi (9.13/km2) |
| • Urban | 298 |
| • Urban density | 82/sq mi (32/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code[3] | 52420 Buzet |
| Area code | 052 |
| Website | lupoglav |
The Lupoglav Municipality is situated on the northeast of the Istrian Region. To the east it borders with the Primorsko-Goranska County and with the Istrian municipalities of Lanišće and Cerovlje and the City of Buzet. The municipality is crossed by the arterial roads that connect the Istrian region with the rest of Croatia – the Istrian Y and the tunnel of Učka. The municipality has a surface area of 92.19 km2, i.e. it accounts for 3.27% of the territory of the Istrian Region.
The Castle Mahrenfels which belonged to the family Herberstein and later to the counts Brigido is situated over the village.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, its population was 836, with 298 living in the village proper.[2] The village population was 288 in 2011, with a total of 924 in the municipality (2011).[4]
The municipality consists of the following settlements:[2]
- Boljun, population 64
- Boljunsko Polje, population 143
- Brest pod Učkom, population 47
- Dolenja Vas, population 48
- Lesišćina, population 75
- Lupoglav, population 298
- Semić, population 69
- Vranja, population 92
| population | 2224 | 2299 | 2454 | 2547 | 2502 | 2683 | 2743 | 2545 | 2107 | 2483 | 1782 | 1357 | 1111 | 979 | 929 | 924 | 836 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
