Labin
Sign in to saveLabin (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).
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Labin
- Settlement.official_name
- Grad LabinComune di AlbonaTown of Labin
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- Labin
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- Zastava Grada Labina.png
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- 130px
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- Grb Grada Labina.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Labin city map.GIF
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- Location of Labin municipality in Istria
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- Croatia
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- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Istria
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- First mention
- Settlement.established_date
- 2nd century BC
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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).
==History== thumb|left|View over the town Labin developed from the site of the Roman settlement of Albona. Its name predates classical antiquity and is derived from Proto-Indo-European *alb- ("eminence", "hill"). Before and under the Roman occupation, Albona was an important commune. On a marble tablet the Roman inscription we read that under the Emperor Marco Iulio Severo Filippo noble Caesar noble Prince made Albona a Republic. To be a republic it had to have two joined Magistrates called Duumviri and Public officers called Aediles which took care of Public buildings and other official duties.