Polje Čepić

Polje Čepić or Čepić (Italian: Cepich, Felicia, German: Tschepitsch, Pitsch), is a village in Istria County, Croatia, in the municipality of Kršan.[3]

Not to be confused with Čepić.
For the field and former lake, see Lake Čepić.
Polje Čepić
Cepich
Village
Polje Čepić is located in Croatia
Polje Čepić
Polje Čepić
Coordinates: 45°11′58″N 14°07′49″E
Country Croatia
County Istria County
Municipality Kršan
Area
[1]
 • Total2.3 sq mi (5.9 km2)
Elevation
130 ft (40 m)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total126
 • Density55/sq mi (21/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
52232 Kršan
Area code052

Description

It is located in the eastern part of Istria, on the western slopes of mountain Učka along the Čepić field, on the state road D500, 1.3 km south from neighboring village Purgarija Čepić, and 5.8 km north east from the municipal center Kršan (D64).

History
Čepić in an engraving from 1679.

The village territory was first mentioned in 1102 at the time of Patriarchate of Aquileia in the grant by Ulric II to the Aquileia patriarchs, as part of Kožljak castle estate. In 1287 was founded Paulist monastery of St. Mary (also called the Monastery of Our Lady of the Lake). In 1385, the Kožljak lord Filip Gutenegg richly endowed the monastery. In 1606 the monastery is mentioned as župa (parish). In 1783 the monastery was disbanded and the property was sold out to Johann Weikhard from Auersperg noble family. The tombstone with Glagolitic inscription of Kožljak lord Martin Moysevich (1492), which was in the monastery, was relocated to castle chapel in Belaj.

In the hamlet Kloštar was sacral, while in Purgarija profane part of Čepić. The Purgarija was called according to the German word Bürger (citizen), and the former Burg (Engl. Castle). The castle was devastated in the Uskok War (1615-1617), but it was rebuilt. Although the last remains of the ruins were removed at the time of lake drying in 1930, he can be seen in Valvasor engraving from 1679, when was in Auersperg family property.

Inhabitants mainly live from agriculture on fertile field that was created by drying of Lake Čepić in 1930. Before also from lake fishery.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was 126.[2] It was 148 in 2011.[4]

Population number according census[5]
1857186918801890190019101921193119481953196119711981199120012011
0025322124127400319411341289304257168148

Note: The data in 1857, 1869, 1921, 1931 and partially in 1880 and 1890, are contained in neighboring village Purgarija Čepić. Named as Polje-Čepić from 1948 until 1971.

References
  1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  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. O Općini - Kršan (in Croatian)
  4. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Polje Čepić". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. "Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857.-2001" (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
Bibliography
  • Regan, Krešimir; Nadilo, Branko (May 2012). "Istarski Kašteli: Utvrde oko Čepićkog polja" [Istrian Castles: Forts around Čepić field] (PDF). Građevinar (in Croatian). Croatian Association of Civil Engineers. 64: 418–419. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  • Milevoj, Marijan (2014). S ove strane Učke [On this side of Učka] (in Croatian). Labin: Mathias Flacius. ISBN 978-953-6875-54-2.
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