Matulji

Matulji
Matulji Municipality
Općina Matulji
Flag of Matulji
Matulji is located in Croatia
Matulji
Matulji
Location of Matulji in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°22′N 14°19′E / 45.367°N 14.317°E / 45.367; 14.317
CountryCroatia
CountyPrimorje-Gorski Kotar
Government
 • MayorVedran Kinkela (SDP)
 • Municipal council
17 members[1]
Area
176.6 km2 (68.2 sq mi)
 • Urban
3.0 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
10,773
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
 • Urban
3,566
 • Urban density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
51211
Area code051
Vehicle registrationRI
Websitematulji.hr

Matulji (Italian: Mattuglie) is a municipality in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, northwestern Croatia. It is located 10 kilometers (6 mi) west of the city of Rijeka, north of the town of Opatija, and it borders Slovenia. Matulji is first mentioned in written historical sources in the middle of the 17th century, and it is preceded by the surname Matulja, which was originally recorded as Matuglia. As early as the beginning of the 19th century, official documents recorded the name of the settlement in its current form – Matulji.[4]

  1. ^ "Konačni rezultati izbora" (PDF) (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  4. ^ "Baština | Turistička zajednica". www.tzmatulji.hr. Retrieved 2023-05-25.