Hrvatini
Hrvatini Crevatini | |
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45°34′56″N 13°45′22″E / 45.58222°N 13.75611°E / 45.58222; 13.75611 | |
Country | ![]() |
Traditional region | Littoral |
Statistical region | Coastal–Karst |
Municipality | Koper |
Area | |
• Total | 1.54 km2 (0.59 sq mi) |
Elevation | 169.4 m (555.8 ft) |
Population (2002) | |
• Total | 1,126 |
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Hrvatini (pronounced [xəɾʋaˈtiːni]; Italian: Crevatini) is a village in southwestern Slovenia in the City Municipality of Koper.[2]
Name
Hrvatini was mentioned in historical sources as Cruatine in 1763–87. The name is a plural form of what was originally a nickname and has now become a surname, borrowed from old Croatian Hrvatin 'Croat'. For similar names, compare Hrovača and Hrobači (a hamlet of Dobravlje). The name originally referred to medieval Croatian resettlement from the south connected with Ottoman occupation of the central Balkans.[3]
History
For centuries Hrvatini belonged to the municipality of Muggia (now in Italy). After the dissolution of the Free Territory of Trieste in 1954, it was annexed to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Since then, it has been gravitating towards Koper. During Slovenia's war of independence in 1991, a maritime landing near Hrvatini by special forces of the Yugoslav Army was repulsed by Slovenian troops.
Slovene, Italian, and Croatian are traditionally spoken in the village. There is complete Slovene-Italian official bilingualism.
References
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
- ^ "Mestna občina Koper" [Municipality of Koper]. www.koper.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2016-04-16.
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC. p. 165. ISBN 978-961-241-360-6.
External links
- Hrvatini on Geopedia
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![The location of the Municipality of Koper](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Karte_Koper_si.png/150px-Karte_Koper_si.png)
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Koper |
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people
- Zvest Apollonio
- Gian Rinaldo Carli
- Vittore Carpaccio
- Boris Cavazza
- Giorgio Cobolli
- Lucija Čok
- Zlatko Dedić
- Lorella Flego
- Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini
- Lucrezio Gravisi
- Franco Juri
- Tinkara Kovač
- Igor Pribac
- Tomaž Šalamun
- Santorio Santorio
- Nazario Sauro
- Spartaco Schergat
- Francesco Trevisani
- Pier Paolo Vergerio
- Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder
- Vittorio Italico Zupelli