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ROVINJ
Rovinj, a small town in Croatia, on the west coast of Istria, on 45° 01' of latitude and 13° 38' of longitude east of Greenwich. It is one of nine towns in Istrian County that cover almost the whole Istrian peninsula or 2.815.09 sq. km. i.e. 5% of the Republic of Croatia.
According to the last census from 1991 Istrian County counts 204.346 inhabitants in 71.185 households; population density is 73 inhabitants / sq. km. and an average family numbers 2,87 members. Out of this number, 158.726 are Catholics.
The center of the County is Pazin, while the biggest town is Pula as tourist, cultural and economical center.
Agriculture, together with fishing trade, fills county needs and, tourism is the basic economic activity with 205.000 beds, which are 28% of Croatian offer.
Istria is simply beautiful. Its beauty can be found in prehistorical remains, antique monuments, middle age towns, as well as in landscapes, sea, people, villages and towns.
Rovinj, a wonderful town, the pearl of Istrian peninsula with tempestuous history and beautiful present. The old part of the settlement is lying on a peninsula and, it was first mentioned under the name of Ruigno, Ruvigno, Ruginio in the Cosmography by the Anonymous of Ravenna who gives us an account of Istria in the 4th and 5th centuries.
Town Rovinj has, according to the census from 1991, 12.910 inhabitants, out of which 1.761 are members of Italian national community.The climate is Mediterranean. The average temperature is 4,8° C in January and 22,3° C in July. The average annual temperature is 16° C.
Sea temperature is more than 20° C from the middle of June to the middle of September. The average annual sea temperature is 16,6 ° C.
From the middle of May to the middle of September the sun shines more than 10 hours a day.
The rainfall averages 940 mm a year. The average moist level is 72%. Vegetation is subtropical.
The area of Rovinj borders with communes of Bale, Kanfanar, St Lovrec and Vrsar.
In Rovinj Archipelago there are 22 islets among which St Andrew and St Catherina are the biggest and the most beautiful.
In the area of Rovinj there are some valuable and protected parts of nature, special reserves: islands and the coast from the islet of Sv. Ivan (St John) to the islet of Dvije sestrice (Two Sisters), sea and underwater of the Limski kanal (Lim fjord) and a part of Limska draga (Lim dell), Park Forest "Punta Corrente", marsh Palud, Romuald's cave on the southern side Lim fjord and stone-pit Monfiorenzo as a kind of geological monument of nature.
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