Šušnjevica

Šušnjevica
Šušnjevica Location of Šušnjevica in Croatia
Coordinates:
Country	Croatia
County	Istria
Municipality	Kršan
Elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	69
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	52233

Šušnjevica (in Istro-Romanian: Suseni, Italian: Susgnevizza or Valdarsacode: it is deprecated ), is a small village in Istria County, Croatia, in the municipality of Kršan. In 2011, the population of the village was 69. The village is inhabited mostly by Istro-Romanians.

Location

It is located in the North-Eastern part of Istria, 20 km North from Labin and 10 km from the centre of the municipality Kršan. It is on the local road Šušnjevica-Vozlići (L50180), near the road D500, which connects roads D64 and A8. It is near Northern part of Čepić field.

History

Archeological evidents suggest, it was a populated place in the prehistoric and Roman times as well. During the Middle Ages, it belonged to the lord of Kožljak. The earliest surviving written evidence of the place dates from 1340. During the 15th and 16th centuries, numerous Istro-Romanians settled in the area. In 1922, during the period of Italian rule, because of its Romanian language and the distinct origin of its population, it was made the centre of a municipality.

Its church of St. John the Baptist was built in 1838, replacing the older single-nave church. In the churchyard is a chapel dedicated to St Sylvester, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, in which the remains of frescoes and Glagolithic graphites can be seen.

The Inhabitants mainly lived from agriculture, and until the draining of Lake Čepić also from fishing.

Population

Population number according census
1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
345	357	385	375	346	353	346	346	231	211	166	128	96	91	75	69

References

Sources

External links

• Istria on the Internet - Šušnjevica