Oprtalj

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Oprtalj

| official_name = Oprtalj Municipality
Općina Oprtalj - Comune di Portole[http://www.Oprtalj.hr/ The official site], see also the [http://www.istra-istria.hr/index.php?id=604 list of towns and municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311164052/http://www.istra-istria.hr/index.php?id=604 |date=2014-03-11 }} in the Istria County (ref. to [http://www.istra-istria.hr/fileadmin/dokumenti/novosti/sjednice_skupstine_2005/21/21-04.pdf]) and the [http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/dodatni/129139.htm narodne-novine list] (ref. to [http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/127788.html])

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| other_name = Portole

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = File:Oprtalj.JPG

| image_caption = Oprtalj, panoramic view

| image_flag = Zastava Oprtlja.svg

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| pushpin_map = Croatia

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| coordinates = {{coord|45|23|N|13|50|E|region:HR|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{CRO}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Istria County}}

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Aleksandar Krt

| area_footnotes = {{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}

| area_total_km2 = 60.3

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| area_urban_km2 = 4.4

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| population_footnotes = {{Croatian Census 2021|S}}

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 748

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 75

| population_density_urban_km2 = auto

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| timezone = CET

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset = +1

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code{{Cite Q|Q125763583|mode=cs1}}

| postal_code = 52460 Buje

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 052

| website = {{URL|oprtalj.hr}}

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Oprtalj ({{langx|it|Portole}}){{cite web |date=2020-10-30 |first1=Ivana |last1=Lalli Paćelat |first2=Marija |last2=Brkić Bakarić |first3=Isabella |last3=Matticchio |title=Službena dvojezičnost u Istarskoj županiji: stanje i perspektive |pages=815-837 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/245472 |doi=10.31724/rihjj.46.2.20 |journal=Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik |eissn=1849-0379 |volume=46 |issue=2 |language=hr |trans-title=Official Bilingual Status in Istria County: State and Perspectives}} is a village and municipality in Istria, Croatia. Oprtalj is a community in the central northern part of Istria County, situated across the Mirna river valley from the village of Motovun, about 20 km northwest of Pazin.

Oprtalj used to be a fortress surrounded by walls. In front of the former door, there is a large Venetian loggia with a lapidary. {{Cite web |title=ISTRA.HR |url=https://www.istra.hr/hr/destinacije/oprtalj |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=www.istra.hr |language=hr}}

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was 748, with 75 living in the village of Oprtalj itself.

The municipality consists of the following settlements:

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{{Croatian population data graph |censuses=HRV |entered=2022-09-24 |entity=Oprtalj |p1857=3678 |p1869=3896 |p1880=3895 |p1890=4198 |p1900=4232 |p1910=4649 |p1921=4524 |p1931=4382 |p1948=3803 |p1953=3186 |p1961=2220 |p1971=1500 |p1981=1255 |p1991=1109 |p2001=981 |p2011=850 |p2021=748}}

Gallery

File:Oprtalj – Crkva Sveti Marije - 01.jpg|Church of Our Lady of the Greeks

File:Oprtalj, tree-lined road.jpg|Oprtalj cypress tree-lined road

File:Čabrnica-Zabarnizza, roofs and view.JPG|Čabrnica/Zabarnizza

File:Oprtalj – Loggia - 01.jpg|Oprtalj Loggia

File:Oprtalj – Crkva Sveti Jurja - 01.jpg|Church of Saint George

References

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