Labin

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Labin developed from the site of the Roman settlement of Albona. Its name predates classical antiquity and is derived from Proto-Indo-European *alb- ("eminence", "hill").{{sfn|Šimunović|2013|pp=167–168}} Before and under the Roman occupation, Albona was an important commune. On a marble tablet the Roman inscription we read that under the Emperor Marco Iulio Severo Filippo noble Caesar noble Prince made Albona a Republic. To be a republic it had to have two joined Magistrates called Duumviri and Public officers called Aediles which took care of Public buildings and other official duties.{{cite book|title=Statuto municipale della città di Albona dell'a. 1341|year=1870|publisher=Società del Gabinetto di Minerva|location=Trieste|pages=III–XVI|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qgYuAAAAYAAJ|author=Labin, Yugoslavia|editor=Societa del Gabinetto di Minerva|access-date=19 December 2013|language=it}}

From 1295 it was under the rule of the dukes of Pazin, and from 1381 it found itself under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Aquileia. From 1420 until 1797 it was ruled from the Republic of Venice and after that belonged to Austrian Empire until 1918, when it was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy. Labin, as a Croatian-speaking town, was for a long time the centre of Croatia's largest coal mining district, with four mines operating at the height of its production. In March and April 1921, the town was the scene of a miners' strike which quickly grew into an anti-fascist rebellion, considered to be the first of its kind, and the declaration of the short-lived Labin Republic.G. Scotti - L. Giuricin. La Repubblica di Albona e il movimento dell'occupazione delle fabbriche in Italia The mine in downtown Labin closed in 1989. The large, coal-fired power plant in nearby Plomin now has its coal imported from outside sources once the mines were closed. After the Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947, Labin, like the whole of Istria, was annexed to Yugoslavia.

The famous Lutheran reformer Matthias Flacius Illyricus (3 March 1520 – 11 March 1575), was born in Labin and a small exhibition in what was once his house, commemorates this. Unfortunately, due to the counter-reformation, he was forced to live most of his life in exile in Germany where he became the undisputed leader of the conservative wing of the Lutheran movement after the death of Luther. His chief literary legacy was in the area of biblical exegesis.

The town's administrative area consists of 17 settlements:

• Bartići
• Breg
• Duga Luka
• Gondolići
• Gora Glušići
• Kapelica
• Kranjci
• Labin
• Marceljani
• Presika
• Rabac
• Ripenda Kosi
• Ripenda Kras
• Ripenda Verbanci
• Rogočana
• Salakovci
• Vinež

{{Historical populations

| title = Historical populations
of Labin

| shading = off

| source = Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2001, DZS, Zagreb, 2005
Source for year 1945: Cadastre National de l'Istrie, Jadranski institut Sušak, 1946.

|1857 |2283

|1869 |2698

|1880 |3722

|1890 |4231

|1900 |4369

|1910 |4564

|1921 |4495

|1931 |3531

|1945{{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/visnjan/docs/cadastre_national_de_l_istre_1945_p_c467922ae75922/2?ff|work=Jadranski institut Sušak|date=July 1946|title=Cadastre National de l'Istrie}}|6493

|1948 |7958

|1953 |9851

|1961 |10253|1971 |10778

|1981 |12014

| 1991 |13144|2001|12426

|2011 |11642

|2021 |10424}}

{{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=Town of Labin |p1857=2283 |p1869=2698 |p1880=3722 |p1890=4231 |p1900=4369 |p1910=4564 |p1921=4495 |p1931=3531 |p1948=7958 |p1953=9851 |p1961=10253 |p1971=10778 |p1981=12014 |p1991=13144 |p2001=12426 |p2011=11642 |p2021=10424}}

{{Bar box|float=left|title=Religion in Labin (2021 Census){{Croatian Census 2021|M}}|titlebar=#ddd|left1=religion|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Roman Catholic|Orange|53.83}}

{{bar percent|Atheism and Agnosticism|Red|13.76}}

{{bar percent|Islam|Green|9.95}}

{{bar percent|Other Christians|Yellow|5.84}}

{{bar percent|Undeclared|DarkRed|5.61}}

{{bar percent|Eastern Orthodoxy|Blue|2.28}}

{{bar percent|Protestantism|Yellow|0.07}}

{{bar percent|Others and unspecified|Lavender|8.66}}}}{{Bar box|float=left|title=Ethnic composition in Labin (2021 Census)|titlebar=#ddd|left1=ethnicity|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Croats|Orange|71.19}}

{{bar percent|Istrians|Gray|9.65}}

{{bar percent|Bosniaks|Green|7.44}}

{{bar percent|Serbs|Blue|1.89}}

{{bar percent|Italians|LightGreen|1.77}}

{{bar percent|Albanians|Red|0.61}}

{{bar percent|Slovenes|Aquamarine|0.48}}

{{bar percent|Montenegrins|MediumAquamarine|0.15}}

{{bar percent|Germans|Brown|0.14}}

{{bar percent|Others and unspecified|Lavender|6.68}}}}{{Bar box|float=right|title=Ethnic composition in Labin (1945 Census){{cite news|url=https://issuu.com/visnjan/docs/cadastre_national_de_l_istre_1945_p_c467922ae75922/2?ff|work=Jadranski institut Sušak|date=July 1946|title=Cadastre National de l'Istrie}}|titlebar=#ddd|left1=ethnicity|right1=percent|bars={{bar percent|Croats|Orange|80.27}}

{{bar percent|Italians|LightGreen|16.31}}

{{bar percent|Slovenes|Aquamarine|2.40}}

{{bar percent|Undeclared|Gray|0.62}}

{{bar percent|Serbs|Blue|0.09}}

{{bar percent|Others|Lavender|0.23}}}}

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Between 1993 and 2006, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was {{convert|36.2|C|F}}, on 4 August 1994.{{cite web |date=2022-07-19 |author=DHMZ |title=Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn¶m=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najvise_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}} The coldest temperature was {{convert|-10.5|C|F}}, on 26 January 2000.{{cite web |date=2022-01-21 |author=DHMZ |title=Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn¶m=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najnize_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}

Since records began in 2006, the lowest temperature recorded at the Dubrova weather station was {{convert|-10.0|C|F}}, on 17 January 2010.{{cite web |date=2022-01-21 |author=DHMZ |title=Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja |url=https://meteo.hr/objave_najave_natjecaji.php?section=onn¶m=objave&el=priopcenja&daj=najnize_temperature_zraka |website=Državni hidrometeorološki zavod}}

{{Weather box

| location = Labin

| Oct rain mm = 187

| Apr rain days = 8

| Mar rain days = 8

| Feb rain days = 7

| Jan rain days = 8

| Dec rain mm = 135

| Nov rain mm = 211

| Sep rain mm = 164

| Jun rain days = 6

| Aug rain mm = 76

| Jul rain mm = 60

| Jun rain mm = 68

| May rain mm = 94

| Apr rain mm = 96

| Mar rain mm = 99

| Feb rain mm = 104

| May rain days = 7

| Jul rain days = 5

| Dec mean C = 7

| May humidity = 71

| Nov humidity = 77

| Oct humidity = 75

| Sep humidity = 70

| Aug humidity = 65

| Jul humidity = 64

| Jun humidity = 67

| Apr humidity = 70

| Aug rain days = 5

| Mar humidity = 71

| Feb humidity = 72

| Jan humidity = 75

| Dec rain days = 9

| Nov rain days = 11

| Oct rain days = 10

| Sep rain days = 8

| Jan rain mm = 101

| Dec high C = 9

| source = [https://en.climate-data.org/europe/croatia/labin/labin-29618/#climate-graph]

| Feb low C = 3

| May low C = 14

| Mar mean C = 9

| Mar high C = 12

| Mar low C = 6

| Feb mean C = 6

| Feb high C = 8

| Jan mean C = 5

| May mean C = 17

| Jan low C = 3

| Jan high C = 8

| metric first = yes

| single line = Y

| Apr mean C = 13

| Apr low C = 10

| Apr high C = 16

| May high C = 20

| Jun low C = 18

| Dec low C = 5

| Sep high C = 22

| Nov mean C = 11

| Nov high C = 13

| Nov low C = 9

| Oct mean C = 15

| Oct high C = 17

| Oct low C = 13

| Sep mean C = 19

| Sep low C = 16

| Jun high C = 24

| Aug mean C = 24

| Aug high C = 27

| Aug low C = 20

| Jul mean C = 24

| Jul high C = 27

| Jul low C = 20

| Jun mean C = 21

| Dec humidity = 75

}}

Language

Labinjonska Cakavica, one of the most interesting and oldest Istrian dialects spoken in and around the town of Labin. It belongs to Northern Chakavian dialect of the Chakavian variety of Croatian. It differs from the usual Chakavian (with typical pronoun "ča") because it lacks most palatals, with other parallel deviations called "tsakavism" (cakavizam).

In 2019, by the decision of the Ministry of Culture, Labinjonska Cakavica became a protected intangible cultural asset of the Republic of Croatia.{{Cite web |date=2019 |title="Labinjonska cakavica zaštićeno nematerijalno kulturno dobro" |url=https://magazin.hrt.hr/kultura/labinjonska-cakavica-zasticeno-nematerijalno-kulturno-dobro-872813 |access-date=1 May 2022 |website=HRT Magazin}}

The city is the home of football club NK Rudar Labin, and handball clubs ŽRK Rudar Labin and RK Mladi Rudar Labin.

Artists

• Mate Balota (1898–1963), poet, novelist and economist, whose mother was from Labin{{cite web|title=Mirković, Mijo (Miho, pseud. Mate Balota)|url=https://www.istrianet.org/istria/illustri/mirkovic/index.htm|publisher=Istrianet|access-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130704032750/http://www.istrianet.org/istria/illustri/mirkovic/index.htm|archive-date=4 July 2013 }}
• Franka Batelić-Ćorluka (born 1992), singer and songwriter
• Orlando Mohorović (born 1950), artist
• Renato Percan (1936–2013), painter

Handball players

• Tino Černjul (born 1973), left back, played for RK Zamet at intervals from 1995 to 2005
• Valner Franković (born 1968), international player for Croatia
• Evelina Galo, international player for Yugoslavia
• Suzana Golja-Zulijani, international player for Croatia
• Valter Marković (born 1959), played for RK Zamet from 1975 until 1987
• Fran Mileta (born 2000), right winger, international player for Croatia
• Mladen Prskalo (born 1968), pivot, international player for Croatia
• Luka Stepančić (born 1990), right back, international player for Croatia

HNK Rijeka footballers

• Mario Brnjac (1944–2007), football defender
• Vlado Golja, football forward
• Anđelo Milevoj (born 1941), football defender
• Josip Mohorović (born 1948), football midfielder
• Roberto Paliska (born 1963), football defender
• Andrej Prskalo (born 1987), football goalkeeper
• Davor Radmanović (born 1957), football midfielder
• Sergio Stemberga (born 1942), football defender
• Valentino Stepčić (born 1990), football midfielder
• Bruno Veselica (1936–2018), football forward

Science and humanities

• Matteo Bartoli (1873–1946), linguist
• Josip Belušić (1847–1905), inventor and professor, invented the speedometer
• Matthias Flacius (1520–1575), Lutheran reformer
• Baldo Lupetino (1502–1556), protestant preacher
• Giuseppina Martinuzzi (1844–1925), pedagogue, journalist, socialist, and feminist

Others

• Antonio Bollani, Venetian general, whose mother was from Labin, who distinguished himself in the war with the Ottoman Turks (1645–1669){{cite web |title=Tko je Antonio Bollani čija se bista nalazi na labinskoj Župnoj crkvi? Vojskovođa i senator labinske gore list |url=https://www.labin.com/lcplus/tko-je-antonio-bollani-cija-se-bista-nalazi-na-labinskoj-zupnoj-crkvi-vojskovoda-i-senator-labinske-gore-list-6926 |website=labin.com}}
• Ema Derossi-Bjelajac (1926–2020), politician, President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, first woman to hold a title equivalent to a head of state in modern-day Croatia
• Anton Marti (1923–2004), television and theater director and one of the founders of Television Zagreb

The current mayor of Labin is Valter Glavičić (IDS), elected in the 2021 Labin local elections which were held on 16 May 2021. There is one deputy mayor elected from the same list, Federika Mohorović Čekada.{{Cite web |title=Federika Mohorović Čekada kandidatkinja IDS-a za zamjenicu gradonačelnika Labina |url=https://labinskakomuna.eu/labin/federika-mohorovic-cekada-kandidatkinja-ids-a-za-zamjenicu-gradonacelnika-labina/ |website=Labiska Komuna|date=22 April 2021 }}

The Labin Council is composed of 15 representatives, elected in the 2021 Labin local elections.

The political groups represented in the Council (as of June 2021):

In 2020, elections were held for the councils of all seven local committees of the City of Labin.{{Cite web |title=Izbori za članove vijeća mjesnih odbora Grada Labina |url=http://www.labin.hr/izbori-za-clanove-vijeca-mjesnih-odbora-grada-labina |website=Grad Labin}}

Twin towns – sister cities{{Cite web|title=Međunarodna suradnja|url=http://www.labin.hr/medunarodne-aktivnosti|website=Grad Labin}}

• {{Flagicon|SLO}} Idrija, Slovenia

• {{Flagicon|ITA}} Manzano, Italy
• {{Flagicon|ITA}} Sospirolo, Italy
• {{Flagicon|ITA}} Carbonia, Italy
• {{Flagicon|HUN}} Baja, Hungary
• {{Flagicon|NOR}} Sandnes, Norway

Partnerships{{Cite web|title=Međunarodna suradnja|url=http://www.labin.hr/medunarodne-aktivnosti|website=Grad Labin}}

• {{Flagicon|BIH}} Banovići, BiH
• {{Flagicon|POL}} Rybnik, Poland

• Labinština
• Labin Republic

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite journal|url=http://hrcak.srce.hr/118625|title=Predantički toponimi u današnjoj (i povijesnoj) Hrvatskoj|trans-title=Pre-Roman placenames in present-day (and historical) Croatia|journal=Folia onomastica Croatica|issue=22|date=March 2013|pages=147–214|last=Šimunović|first=Petar|publisher=Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts|location=Zagreb|language=hr|format=PDF|access-date=18 January 2016}}

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