Matulji

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Matulji
Municipality
Matulji Municipality
Općina Matulji
Flag of Matulji
Flag
Matulji is located in Croatia
Matulji
Matulji
Location of Matulji in Croatia
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Country Croatia
County Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Government
 • Mayor Mario Ćiković
Area
 • Total 13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 11,246
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Area code 051
Website matulji.hr

Matulji (Italian: Mattuglie ) is a town and a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia. It is located 10 kilometers (6 mi) west of the Croatian town Rijeka, north of the town of Opatija, and it borders Slovenia.

The municipality

There are a total of 11,246 inhabitants in the municipality, in the following settlements:[1]

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In the 2011 census, 90.87% were Croats.[2]

Communications

File:Mattuglie 1900 20h Matulje Kü10.jpg
The railway station office, opened in 1891, bilingual cancellation in 1900

The municipality is of great transportation importance because of the major railway and highway networks connecting Rijeka with Ljubljana and Trieste to the west, Zagreb and Split to the east and Pula to the south through the Učka tunnel. Sixty five percent of the annual Croatian border traffic takes place through four international border crossings - Pasjak (with Starod in Ilirska Bistrica municipality on the Slovenian side), Rupa (with Jelšane), Mune (with Starod), and Lipa (with Novokračine) - within the Matulji municipality. Šapjane, a main railway crossing into Slovenia with Ilirska Bistrica) on the Slovenian side, is also in the municipality.

A post office opened on 21 October 1891, with the bilingual name MATTUGLIE-ABBAZIA BAHNHOF / MATULJE-OPATIJA KOLODVOR.[3]

Matulji also houses the A7 highway and A8 motorway and six of their interchanges.

Folklore

The region is well known locally for its Istro-Romanian folklore, namely Zvončari during the carnival festivities.

References

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Sources

External links

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  3. Die postalischen Abstempelungen auf den österreichischen Postwertzeichen-Ausgaben 1867, 1883 und 1890, Wilhelm KLEIN, 1967