Šušnjevica

Šušnjevica (Istro-Romanian: Šušnjevice; Italian: Susgneviza, Susgnevizza, and Valdarsa) is a small village in Istria County, Croatia, in the municipality of Kršan. In 2011, the population of the village was 69.[1] The village is inhabited mostly by Istro-Romanians.

Šušnjevica
Šušnjevica
Location of Šušnjevica in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°14′57″N 14°8′38″E
CountryCroatia
CountyIstria
MunicipalityKršan
Elevation
48 m (157 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total69
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
52233

Location

It is located in the North-Eastern part of Istria, 20 km North from Labin and 10 km from the centre of the municipality Kršan. It is on the local road Šušnjevica-Vozilići (L50180), near the road D500, which connects roads D64 and A8. It is near Northern part of Čepić field.

History

Archeological evidence suggests that it was a populated place in prehistoric as well as Roman times. During the Middle Ages, it belonged to the lord of Kožljak. The earliest surviving written evidence of the place dates from 1340. During the 15th and 16th centuries, numerous Istro-Romanians presumably settled in the area. There are contradictory claims, however, that they came much earlier - specifically, during Roman times. In 1922, under the period of Italian rule, because of its Romanian language and the distinct origin of its population, it was made the center of a municipality.

Its church of St. John the Baptist was built in 1838, replacing the older single-nave church. In the churchyard is a chapel dedicated to St. Sylvester, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, in which the remains of frescoes and Glagolithic graphites can be seen.

The inhabitants mainly lived from agriculture, and until the draining of Lake Čepić also from fishing.

Population
Population number according to the census[2]
1857186918801890190019101921193119481953196119711981199120012011
34535738537534635334634623121116612896917569

References
  1. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Šušnjevica". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  2. "Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001" (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
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