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Labin (Italian/Istriot: Albona) is a town in Istria, west Croatia, with a town population of 5,806 (2021) and 10,424 in the greater municipality (which also includes the small towns of Rabac-Porto Albona and Vinež-Vines, as well as a number of smaller villages).

Labin (Albona) was founded by the Liburnians and was at the time known as Alvona, being located at the northwestern edge of Liburnia. It was then colonized by the Romans in 177 BC. In the 5th century AD it was conqueted by the Ostrogoths, Byzantium and the Lombards, and in 788 it fell under Frankish rule. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Kingdom of Croatia, being located at its northwestern border, as in Liburnian times. The mine in downtown Labin closed in 1989. The large, coal-fired power plant in nearby Plomin now has its coal imported from outside sources once the mines were closed. After the Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947, Labin, like the whole of Istria, was annexed to Yugoslavia.

The famous Lutheran reformer Matthias Flacius Illyricus (3 March 1520 – 11 March 1575), was born in Labin and a small exhibition in what was once his house, commemorates this. Unfortunately, due to the counter-reformation, he was forced to live most of his life in exile in Germany where he became the undisputed leader of the conservative wing of the Lutheran movement after the death of Luther. His chief literary legacy was in the area of biblical exegesis.

Population

Settlements

The town's administrative area consists of 17 settlements:

Bartići
Breg
Duga Luka
Gondolići
Gora Glušići
Kapelica
Kranjci
Labin
Marceljani
Presika
Rabac
Ripenda Kosi
Ripenda Kras
Ripenda Verbanci
Rogočana
Salakovci
Vinež

Demographics

Climate

Between 1993 and 2006, the highest temperature recorded at the local weather station was , on 4 August 1994. The coldest temperature was , on 26 January 2000.

Since records began in 2006, the lowest temperature recorded at the Dubrova weather station was , on 17 January 2010.

Culture

Language

Labinjonska Cakavica, one of the most interesting and oldest Istrian dialects spoken in and around the town of Labin. It belongs to Northern Chakavian dialect of the Chakavian variety of Croatian. It differs from the usual Chakavian (with typical pronoun "ča") because it lacks most palatals, with other parallel deviations called "tsakavism" (cakavizam).

In 2019, by the decision of the Ministry of Culture, Labinjonska Cakavica became a protected intangible cultural asset of the Republic of Croatia.

Sport

The city is the home of football club NK Rudar Labin, and handball clubs ŽRK Rudar Labin and RK Mladi Rudar Labin.

Notable people

Artists

Mate Balota (1898–1963), poet, novelist and economist, whose mother was from Labin
Franka Batelić-Ćorluka (born 1992), singer and songwriter
Orlando Mohorović (born 1950), artist
Renato Percan (1936–2013), painter

Handball players

Tino Černjul (born 1973), left back, played for RK Zamet at intervals from 1995 to 2005
Valner Franković (born 1968), international player for Croatia
Evelina Galo, international player for Yugoslavia
Suzana Golja-Zulijani, international player for Croatia
Valter Marković (born 1959), played for RK Zamet from 1975 until 1987
Fran Mileta (born 2000), right winger, international player for Croatia
Mladen Prskalo (born 1968), pivot, international player for Croatia
Luka Stepančić (born 1990), right back, international player for Croatia

HNK Rijeka footballers

Mario Brnjac (1944–2007), football defender
Vlado Golja, football forward
Anđelo Milevoj (born 1941), football defender
Josip Mohorović (born 1948), football midfielder
Roberto Paliska (born 1963), football defender
Andrej Prskalo (born 1987), football goalkeeper
Davor Radmanović (born 1957), football midfielder
Sergio Stemberga (born 1942), football defender
Valentino Stepčić (born 1990), football midfielder
Bruno Veselica (1936–2018), football forward

Science and humanities

Matteo Bartoli (1873–1946), linguist
Josip Belušić (1847–1905), inventor and professor, invented the speedometer
Matthias Flacius (1520–1575), Lutheran reformer
Baldo Lupetino (1502–1556), protestant preacher
Giuseppina Martinuzzi (1844–1925), pedagogue, journalist, socialist, and feminist

Others

Antonio Bollani, Venetian general, whose mother was from Labin, who distinguished himself in the war with the Ottoman Turks (1645–1669)
Ema Derossi-Bjelajac (1926–2020), politician, President of the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, first woman to hold a title equivalent to a head of state in modern-day Croatia
Anton Marti (1923–2004), television and theater director and one of the founders of Television Zagreb

Administration and politics

Mayor

The current mayor of Labin is Valter Glavičić (IDS), elected in the 2021 Labin local elections which were held on 16 May 2021. There is one deputy mayor elected from the same list, Federika Mohorović Čekada.

Municipal Council

The Labin Council is composed of 15 representatives, elected in the 2021 Labin local elections.

The political groups represented in the Council (as of June 2021):

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!No. of members per group

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|IDS, ISU

|Democrats

|SDP

|Independents together

|HDZ

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Councils of Local Committees

In 2020, elections were held for the councils of all seven local committees of the City of Labin.

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|IDS