Tar-Vabriga

Tar-Vabriga Torre-Abrega
Municipality
Tar-Vabriga Municipality Općina Tar-Vabriga Comune di Torre-Abrega[1]
Saint Martin's Church
Flag Seal
Location of Tar-Vabriga in Istria
Tar-Vabriga
Coordinates: 45°18′N 13°38′E
Country	Croatia
County	Istria County
Government
• Mayor	Nivio Stojnić
Area [2]
• Total	10.5 sq mi (27.1 km^2)
Population  (2021)[3]
• Total	2,148
• Density	210/sq mi (79/km^2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	52465 Tar
Area code	052
Website	tar-vabriga.hr

Tar-Vabriga (Italian: Torre-Abrega) is a municipality in the Istria County, Croatia, approximately 7 km north of Poreč. The municipality has been established in 2006.

Tar-Vabriga is famous for its olive oil, and according to FAO experts, the best olive oil in Europe is produced from the olives on the Larun plantation. ^[4]

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was 2,148 with 1,145 living in Tar village and 464 in Vabriga.^[3] It was 1,506 in 2001.^[5]

Settlements

The municipality is composed of the following six villages:

• Frata-Fratta
• Gedići-Ghedda
• Perci-Perzi
• Rošini-Rossini
• Tar -Torre
• Vabriga-Abrega

References

1. The Statute of Tar-Vabriga - Torre-Abrega Archived 2009-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
2. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
4. "ISTRA.HR". www.istra.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-04-29.
5. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Tar-Vabriga". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.