Lupoglav
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Lupoglav is a village and municipality in Istria
, Croatia
. The population is 929 (2001). The Castle Mahrenfels which belonged to the family Herberstein and later to the counts Brigido is situated over the village.
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.
According to the population census from 2001 the municipality numbers 929 inhabitants. The settlements are as follows:
Istria
Istria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. The population is 929 (2001). The Castle Mahrenfels which belonged to the family Herberstein and later to the counts Brigido is situated over the village.
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
Buzet
Buzet is a town in Istria, Croatia, population 6,059 . Already at the time of Venetian rule, Buzet supplied military stations and the local population with potable water. Today the region of Buze-stina is the central area of the future Native Park of Istria...
. The municipality is crossed by the arterial roads that connect the Istrian region with the rest of Croatia - the Istrian Y
Istrian Y
The Istrian Y is a highway complex in the Croatian highway network, consisting of section A8 Matulji-Kanfanar and section A9 Slovenia-Kanfanar-Pula. It is called the Istrian Y because it is shaped like the letter Y, with the three stretches all meeting at Kanfanar interchange in south central...
and the tunnel of Učka
Ucka Tunnel
The Učka Tunnel is a toll tunnel on the A8 motorway in Croatia. Being part of the Istrian Y network in Istria, it is wide and long, the third longest in Croatia after the Mala Kapela and Sveti Rok tunnels. The tunnel consists of a single tube, with two traffic lanes. Construction on the existing...
. The municipality has a surface area of 92.19 km2, i.e. it accounts for 3.27% of the territory of the Istrian Region.
According to the population census from 2001 the municipality numbers 929 inhabitants. The settlements are as follows:
- BoljunBoljunBoljun is a village in central Istria, Croatia, in the area of Boljunsko Polje, 20 km northeast of Pazin; elevation 253 m. Boljun is located on the regional road Učka - Labin. The main occupation is farming. It has a population of 73....
, population 73 - Boljunsko Polje, population 150
- Brest pod Učkom, population 46
- Dolenja Vas, population 82
- Lesišćina, population 65
- Lupoglav, population 328
- SemićSemicSemič is a market town and a municipality in Slovenia in the traditional region of White Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The municipality is included in the Southeast Slovenia statistical region. It gets its name from Semenič Castle that used to stand on a hill above the settlement...
, population 99 - Vranja, population 86