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Encyclopedia > Oprtalj

Oprtalj is a town and municipality in Istria, Croatia. Coat of arms Istria (Istra, pronounced in Croatian and Slovenian; Istria, pronounced in Italian, Istrien, pronounced in German) is the biggest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. ...


Oprtalj represents a tourist attraction due to its various cultural and historical heritage as well as its rich flora and fauna. The region of Oprtalj is famous for a very rare and delicious mushroom species - truffles. The truffle gatherers look for the mushrooms in the autumn, assisted by well-trained dogs who try to locate them under the ground in the forested region of the Mirna valley and hilly northern parts of Oprtalj. Truffle describes a group of edible mycorrhizal (subterranean) mushrooms (genus Tuber, class Ascomycetes, division Mycota). ...


Truffles are served in the restaurants in the nearby villages (Oprtalj, Livade, Gradinje, Grožnjan, Momjan, etc.). Hunting is another tourist attraction of the region. Oprtalj has Huntsmen's Society "Wild Boar", managing a hunting area of around 4,500 hectares. High game is a chief target here - roe deer, wild boar, etc. Pheasants are also bred. Grožnjan (Italian: Grisignana) is a town and municipality in inner Istria, Croatia. ...

Cities and Municipalities of Istria County

Cities and towns: Pula | Pazin | Poreč | Buje | Buzet | Labin | Novigrad | Rovinj | Umag | Vodnjan
Municipalities: Bale | Barban | Brtonigla | Cerovlje | Fažana | Gračišće | Grožnjan | Kanfanar | Karojba | Kaštelir-Labinci | Kršan | Lanišće | Ližnjan | Lupoglav | Marčana | Medulin | Motovun | Oprtalj | Pićan | Raša | Sveti Lovreč | Sveta Nedelja | Sveti Petar u Šumi | Svetvinčenat | Tinjan | Višnjan | Vižinada | Vrsar | Žminj Istria county - Istarska županija / Regione istriana is the westernmost county of Croatia which includes the biggest part of the Istrian peninsula (2820 out of 3160 km²). Area is called Istra in Croatian and Slovenian). ... Aerial picture of Pula. ... Pazin (Italian: Pisino) is a city in Istria, Croatia, population 9,227 (2001). ... Poreč (Italian Parenzo, Latin Parens or Parentium, archaic German: Parenz), 45. ... Buje (Italian: Buie dIstria) is a city in Istria, Croatia, population 5,340 (2001). ... Buzet (Italian: Pinguente) is a city in Istria, Croatia, population 6,059 (2001). ... Labin (Italian: Albona) is a town in Istria, Croatia, population 7,904 (2001) with 12,426 in the municipality (which also includes small towns of Rabac and Vinež, as well as a number of smaller villages). ... Coat of arms Novigrad is a city on the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. ... Rovinj, seen from Campanile of Sv. ... Umag (Italian: Umago) is a coastal city in Istria, Croatia. ... Bale is a town and municipality in Istria, Croatia. ... Barban is a town and municipality in the southern part of eastern Istria, Croatia, 28 km northeast of Pula, above the Rasa river valley; elevation 229 m. ... Brtonigla is a town and municipality in the north-western part of Istria, Croatia, 6 km southwest of Buje; elevation 141 m. ... Cerovlje is a town and municipality at the very centre of the Istrian peninsula in Croatia. ... Fažana is a town and municipality in Croatia, a small port and fishermens centre in the south-western part of the western Istrian coast in the Fazana Strait, 8 km northwest of Pula. ... Gračišće is a town and municipality in Istria, Croatia. ... Grožnjan (Italian: Grisignana) is a town and municipality in inner Istria, Croatia. ... Kanafanar is a small town and municipality in the central part of Istria, Croatia, 20 km northeast of Rovinj, on the edge of the Lim Cove, on the open limestone plain of Istria. ... Karojba is a town and municipality in Istria, Croatia. ... KaÅ¡telir-Labinci is a town and municipality in Istria, Croatia. ... KrÅ¡an is a town and municipality in the central part of Istria, Croatia, 15 km north of Labin. ... Lanišće is a town and municipality in Istria, Croatia. ... Ližnjan is a town and municipality in the southern part of Istria, Croatia, 12 km south-west of Pula, 2 km north-east of Medulin; elevation 61 m. ... Lupoglav is a town and municipality in Istria, Croatia. ... Marčana is a town and municipality in the southern part of Istria, Croatia, 15 km northeast of Pula; elevation 170 m. ... Medulin Riviera Here we are at the far south of the Istrian Peninsula. ... City of Motovun Motovun (in Italian Montona) is a town in central Istria, Croatia. ... Sveta Nedelja is a municipality of twenty villages in Istria county, Croatia, total population 2,909 (2001). ... ViÅ¡njan is a village located 13 km east of Poreč, in Istria, Croatia, population 625 (2001), centre of a municipality of 2,187 (2001). ... Žminj, a village in the central part of Istria (Croatia), 15 km south of Pazin; elevation 355 m; population 676. ...



 

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