Čabar

Čabar

Čabar

Town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia

Čabar is a town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. There are 3,770 inhabitants (census 2011), in the following settlements:[3]

  • Bazli, population 5
  • Brinjeva Draga, population 5
  • Crni Lazi, population 117
  • Čabar, population 412
  • Donji Žagari, population 8
  • Fažonci, population 0
  • Ferbežari, population 32
  • Gerovo, population 689
  • Gerovski Kraj, population 95
  • Gorači, population 99
  • Gornji Žagari, population 83
  • Hrib, population 109
  • Kamenski Hrib, population 6
  • Kozji Vrh, population 60
  • Kraljev Vrh, population 14
  • Kranjci, population 4
  • Lautari, population 16
  • Lazi, population 55
  • Makov Hrib, population 103
  • Mali Lug, population 79
  • Mandli, population 39
  • Okrivje, population 2
  • Parg, population 87
  • Plešce, population 140
  • Podstene, population 17
  • Požarnica, population 1
  • Prezid, population 740
  • Prhci, population 12
  • Prhutova Draga, population 3
  • Pršleti, population 0
  • Ravnice, population 39
  • Selo, population 41
  • Smrečje, population 71
  • Smrekari, population 9
  • Sokoli, population 10
  • Srednja Draga, population 43
  • Tropeti, population 12
  • Tršće, population 342
  • Vode, population 35
  • Vrhovci, population 110
  • Zamost, population 26
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In the same census, 94.6% of the population were Croats, 2.3% Slovenes and 1.1% Serbs.[4]

Town of Čabar: Population trends 1857–2021
population
7235
7313
5971
6697
6770
7467
6620
7595
6041
6360
6702
6083
5465
5169
4387
3770
3226
18571869188018901900191019211931194819531961197119811991200120112021
Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Name

Čabar is known as Čeber in the local dialect. The name is believed to derive from the Illyrian word ziaber 'clearing'.[5]

History

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Čabar was a district capital in the Modruš-Rijeka County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Twin towns

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Croatia

Čabar is twinned with:

References

  1. [1]
    Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. [2]
    "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Čabar". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Primorje-Gorski kotar". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. [5]
    Brigita Gregorčič (2008). "Porečje Čabranke". In Kladnik, Drago (ed.). Zamejska Hrvaška. Ljubljana: Ljubljansko geografsko društvo, Založba ZRC. p. 106. ISBN 978-961-254-066-1.


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