Pićan

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Dean Močinić

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| postal_code = 52000 Pazin

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Pićan ({{langx|it|Pedena,}} Chakavian: Pićon, {{langx|sl|Pičen,}}) is a village and municipality in the central part of Istria, Croatia, 12 km southeast of Pazin; elevation 360 m. The chief occupations are agriculture and livestock breeding. It is situated on the D64 state road (Pazin-Kršan-Vozilići). There is a railway station on the former Lupoglav – Raša railway.

History

File:Valvasor - Pićan.jpg from 1679]]

In Roman times, a military stronghold called Petina was located here. The town was the seat of the first diocese in central Istria from the 5th to 18th centuries, and a medieval commune with governors and officers. The town gate (14th–15th century) has been preserved.

Diocese of Pićan

Many of the local bishops are buried in the church nave. Its 48 m bell tower stands separate from the church; it is the third highest in Istria and offers a good view.

The treasury contains chalices from the 15th century and a monstrance from the 16th century.

Senj-Modruš's bishop Sebastijan Glavinić of Glamoč (1630–1697) was born in Potpićan near Pićan and was buried in St. George's Church in Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia.

Martin of Pićan, a bishop of Pićan, was the general vicar of Carniola and had his seat in Ljubljana (then named Laibach) before the establishment of the Diocese of Ljubljana in 1461. In 1456, he was buried in the town's St. Nicholas's Church, the predecessor of the modern Ljubljana Cathedral, and has retained a gravestone in the cathedral.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was 1,722, with 304 living in the village proper. At the 2011 census it was 1,827.{{Croatian Census 2011|S|18|3212}}

The municipality consists of the following settlements:

Grobnik, population 8
Jakomići, population 161
Krbune, population 43
Kukurini, population 167
Montovani, population 123
Orič, population 152
Pićan, population 304
Sveta Katarina, population 323
Tupljak, population 222
Zajci, population 219

{{Croatian population data graph |censuses=HRV |entered=2022-09-24 |entity=Pićan |p1857=2865 |p1869=2961 |p1880=3092 |p1890=3056 |p1900=3183 |p1910=3399 |p1921=3411 |p1931=3607 |p1948=3498 |p1953=3351 |p1961=2999 |p1971=2603 |p1981=2346 |p1991=2133 |p2001=1997 |p2011=1827 |p2021=1722}}

References

External links

[https://www.central-istria.com/en/pican Pićan official tourist site]

Category:Municipalities of Croatia

Category:Populated places in Istria County