Istria

Istria
Istra (Croatian)
Istra (Slovene)
Istria (Italian)
Istria (Venetian)
Istria (Istro Romanian)
Eîstria (Istriot)
Historical land
Country Croatia
 Slovenia
 Italy
Largest cityPula
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
324,300[1][2][3]
DemonymIstrian
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Istria (/ˈɪstriə/ IST-ree-ə; Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Italian and Venetian: Istria; Istriot: Eîstria; Istro-Romanian: Istria; Latin: Histria; Ancient Greek: Ἱστρία) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. Located at the top of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf, the peninsula is shared by three countries: Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy,[4][5] 90% of its area being part of Croatia.[6] Most of Croatian Istria is part of Istria County.[7]

  1. ^ "Croatian census - 2001. Press Released Data, Censuses and look for the tabel: Population by Mother Tongue, by Towns/Municipalities". Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  2. ^ "Slovenian Census - 2002". Archived from the original on 2020-02-27.
  3. ^ "Statistical and ethnographic study about the Slovene in the Provincia di Trieste". Archived from the original on 2012-11-20.
  4. ^ Marcel Cornis-Pope, John Neubauer, History of the literary cultures of East-Central Europe: junctures and disjunctures in the 19th And 20th Centuries, John Benjamins Publishing Co. (2006), ISBN 90-272-3453-1
  5. ^ Alan John Day, Roger East, Richard Thomas, A political and economic dictionary of Eastern Europe, Routledge, 1sr ed. (2002), ISBN 1-85743-063-8
  6. ^ "Geographic data". www.istra-istria.hr. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  7. ^ Istria, Croatia (2021-05-18). "Istria". National Park Brijuni Excursions. Retrieved 2022-09-16.