Draguć
Draguć
Draguccio | |
|---|---|
Village | |
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  Draguć | |
| Coordinates: 45°19′N 14°00′E / 45.317°N 14.000°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Istria |
| Municipality | Cerovlje |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.7 sq mi (7.1 km2) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 56 |
| • Density | 20/sq mi (7.9/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 52434 Cerovlje |
| Area code | 052 |
Draguć (Italian: Draguccio) is a small fortified village in Croatia's Istria County. Today it pertains to the municipality of Cerovlje.[3]
There are several churches: Sant' Eliseo from the 12th century (frescoes form the 13th century), Madonna del Rosario, built in 1641 and San Rocco e San Sebastiano, frescoes by Antonio da Padova in 1529.
World-known surgeon Antonio Grossich (1849–1926) who in 1908 invented the application of tincture of iodine as a way to treat the surgical field was born in Draguć.
Demographics[edit]
According to the 2021 census, its population was 56.[2]
Ethnic structure is marked with fluctuations in the 20th century, as indicated by languages spoken recorded in the Austrian and later census data.
| Year | Population |
(Serbo-)Croatian (%) |
Italian (%) |
Slovene (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 193 | 0 | 98.4 | 1.6 |
| 1890[4] | 189 | 7.4 | 91.0 | 1.6 |
| 1900 | 222 | 15.8 | 56.7 | 27.5 |
| 1910 | 249 | 80.7 | 18.9 | 0.4 |
| 1945 | 190 | 92.1 | 7.9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 70 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 79 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
In 2004 La Femme Musketeer a made-for-television movie produced by Hallmark Entertainment and Larry Levinson Productions, was filmed in Draguć.
References[edit]
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Mjesni odbori - Cerovlje (in Croatian)
- ^ Special-Orts-Repertorium des Österreichisch-Illyrischen Küstenlandes. Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1894. p. 85.
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