Čabar

Čabar
Grad Čabar
Town of Čabar
Čabar town center
Čabar town center
Map
Čabar is located in Croatia
Čabar
Čabar
Location of Čabar in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°35′46″N 14°38′49″E / 45.596°N 14.647°E / 45.596; 14.647
Country Croatia
County Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Government
 • MayorAntonio Dražović (Human Shield )
Area
 • Town279.9 km2 (108.1 sq mi)
 • Urban
0.6 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Town3,226
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
 • Urban
325
 • Urban density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
51306
Area code051
Vehicle registrationDE
Websitecabar.hr

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

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
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Name

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

History

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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

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Čabar is twinned with:

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References

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  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  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. ^ "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. ^ 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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