Hrvatini

Hrvatini
Hrvatini; Crevatini
	Hrvatini Location in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°34′56″N13°45′22″E / 45.58222°N 13.75611°E Coordinates: 45°34′56″N13°45′22″E / 45.58222°N 13.75611°E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Littoral
Statistical region	Coastal–Karst
Municipality	Koper
Area
• Total	1.54 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
Elevation	169.4 m (555.8 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	1,126
	[1]

Last updated April 07, 2019

Hrvatini (pronounced [xəɾʋaˈtiːni] ; Italian : Crevatini) is a village in southwestern Slovenia in the City Municipality of Koper.^[2]

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Village Small clustered human settlement smaller than a town

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Name

Hrvatini was mentioned in historical sources as Cruatine in 1763–87. The name is a plural form of what was originally a nickname and has now become a surname, borrowed from old Croatian Hrvatin 'Croat'. For similar names, compare Hrovača and Hrobači (a hamlet of Dobravlje). The name originally referred to medieval Croatian resettlement from the south connected with Ottoman occupation of the central Balkans.^[3]

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History

For centuries Hrvatini belonged to the municipality of Muggia (now in Italy). After the dissolution of the Free Territory of Trieste in 1954, it was annexed to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Since then, it has been gravitating towards Koper. During Slovenia's war of independence in 1991, a maritime landing near Hrvatini by special forces of the Yugoslav Army was repulsed by Slovenian troops.

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References

↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
↑ "Mestna občina Koper" [Municipality of Koper]. www.koper.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2016-04-16.
↑ Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC. p. 165. ISBN 978-961-241-360-6.

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[1] Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

[2] "Mestna občina Koper" [Municipality of Koper]. www.koper.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2016-04-16.

[3] Snoj, Marko (2009). Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC. p. 165. ISBN 978-961-241-360-6.

Hrvatini Crevatini
Hrvatini Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°34′56″N13°45′22″E / 45.58222°N 13.75611°E / 45.58222; 13.75611 Coordinates: 45°34′56″N13°45′22″E / 45.58222°N 13.75611°E / 45.58222; 13.75611
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Littoral
Statistical region	Coastal–Karst
Municipality	Koper
Area
• Total	1.54 km² (0.59 sq mi)
Elevation	169.4 m (555.8 ft)
Population (2002)
• Total	1,126
^[1]