Raša
Municipality
Raša Municipality
St. Barbara parish in Raša
St. Barbara parish in Raša
Flag of Raša
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Raša in Istria
Location of Raša in Istria
Raša is located in Croatia
Raša
Raša
Coordinates: 45°05′N 14°05′E / 45.083°N 14.083°E / 45.083; 14.083
Country Croatia
County Istria County
Area
[1]
 • Municipality31.0 sq mi (80.4 km2)
 • Urban
0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2)
Elevation
30 ft (10 m)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality2,809
 • Density90/sq mi (35/km2)
 • Urban
1,184
 • Urban density2,000/sq mi (790/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
52223 Raša
Vehicle registrationPU
Municipality dayNovember 4
Patron saintsSt. Barbara
Websiterasa.hr

Raša (Italian: Arsia, Chakavian: Aršija) is a municipality in the inner part of the Raška Inlet in the south-eastern part of Istria, Croatia. Raša lies 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) southwest of Labin at an elevation of 10 m (33 ft). Raša was named after the river of the same name. [3]

Situated in the valley of the Krapanski Potok (a tributary of the river Raša), near the former village of Krapan in 1785.

Raša was built as a "new town" during 1936-1937 as part of Mussolini's urban colonization of Istria. Planned and designed according to the rationalist principles by architect, Gustavo Pulitzer-Finali from Trieste, Italy, the mining town is organized along a linear axis connecting the Upper and Lower Raša. Lower Raša consists of houses for ordinary miners set along two parallel streets while Upper Raša is organized along three parallel streets with similar houses but slightly larger in size, designated for senior miners and supervisors. Smaller residential enclaves were organized throughout the elongated plan, one of which is "villette", a gated series of small urban villas designated for mining executives.

The town centre connecting the Lower and Upper Raša included a large square with hotels, post office, supermarket, movie theatre, pharmacy, administrative offices and small arcaded shops. Overlooking the square is the church of Santa Barbara (patron saint of miners). The single nave church is constructed in the shape of an overturned coal wagon while its bell tower resembles a miner's lamp. Centrally located are also the town hospital, football field, bocci terrain and swimming pool with diving tower and bowling alley. Decades after the mine's closure, today, Raša's appearance is part of a memory album of town planning, whereas the sound of coal wagons belongs to bygone days.

The miners' greeting "Sretno" on a building in Raša

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was 2,809, with 1,184 living in the village proper.[2] At the 2011 census it was 3,183.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. 1 2 "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ↑ "ISTRA.HR". www.istra.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  4. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Raša". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
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