Draguć
Draguccio
Village
Draguć is located in Croatia
Draguć
Draguć
Coordinates: 45°19′N 14°00′E / 45.317°N 14.000°E / 45.317; 14.000
Country Croatia
County Istria
MunicipalityCerovlje
Area
[1]
 • Total2.7 sq mi (7.1 km2)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total56
 • Density20/sq mi (7.9/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
52434 Cerovlje
Area code052

Draguć (Italian: Draguccio) is a small fortified village in Croatia's Istria County. Today it pertains to the municipality of Cerovlje.[3]

There are several churches: Sant' Eliseo from the 12th century (frescoes form the 13th century), Madonna del Rosario, built in 1641 and San Rocco e San Sebastiano, frescoes by Antonio da Padova in 1529.

World-known surgeon Antonio Grossich (1849–1926) who in 1908 invented the application of tincture of iodine as a way to treat the surgical field was born in Draguć.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was 56.[2]

Ethnic structure is marked with fluctuations in the 20th century, as indicated by languages spoken recorded in the Austrian and later census data.

Year Population
 (Serbo-)Croatian
(%)		 Italian
(%)		 Slovene
(%)
1880 193 0 98.4 1.6
1890[4] 189 7.4 91.0 1.6
1900 222 15.8 56.7 27.5
1910 249 80.7 18.9 0.4
1945 190 92.1 7.9 0
1991 70 100 0 0
2001 79 100 0 0

In 2004 La Femme Musketeer a made-for-television movie produced by Hallmark Entertainment and Larry Levinson Productions, was filmed in Draguć.

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. ↑ Mjesni odbori - Cerovlje (in Croatian)
  4. ↑ Special-Orts-Repertorium des Österreichisch-Illyrischen Küstenlandes. Vienna: Alfred Hölder. 1894. p. 85.
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