Labinština

Labinština (Croatian: Labinšćina / Labinština,Italian: L'Albonese / Agro Albonese) is a peninsula which is 25 km long and 13 km wide. It is located on the eastern coast of Istria County in Croatia, and was named after the city of Labin which had control of the territory. Istria County was occupied by many invaders throughout its history. The County was made up of 16 Comuni; one of these was Albona/Labin. Labin was the head township of the Labinština peninsula under the Roman Empire in 177 BC, during the Venice Republic between 1365-1799, the Austria-Hungary Empire between 1814-1918 and many other occupations by foreign armies. The meaning of Albona/Labin is "Al"= high and "bon"= colony" (high colony) in the Celtic language. During the Venice and Austrian occupations, Istria was divided into farming fractions or townships (comuni) each having a chief town called capo-comune.

The borders of the Labinština Peninsula are made up of the Arsa/Raša river, which starts in the lake Cosliaco / Cepich the only lake in the Istrian County, on the west and south, and the gulf of Quarnaro / Kvarner Croatian: Kvarnerski zaljev, Italian: Golfo del Quarnaro / Kvarner Gulf on the east and south. This Lake was being fed by the Croatian: Planinski masiv Učka, mountain range located just east of valle dell'Arsa, near Croatian: Opatija / Italian: Abbazia and the eastern coast of Istria. Italian: Monte Maggiore, Croatian: Vojak being the highest peak. The Romans used this mountain range water source, and the Cepich lake, to feed major cities, from Albona/Labin on the east side of Istria, to the city of Pola on the tip of Istria. Lake Cepich was emptied and dried in the mid-1900s to get rid of malaria-causing swamps. The lake bed became good agricultural land. Albona / Labin, was the head of the territory and townships of the Labinština peninsula. In 1632, the territory was divided into 12 townships called Comuni (municipalities), Ville (hamlets), Contrade (districts) and Parishes which were the heads of districts before the organization of municipalities). Before the division there were only four Parish branches controlling the peninsula.

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