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Bale
Vałe Valle | |
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Municipality | |
| Bale Municipality Općina Bale - Comune di Valle[1] | |
 View of Bale | |
 Flag | |
  Bale | |
| Coordinates: 45°02′N 13°46′E / 45.033°N 13.767°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Istria |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Edi Pastrovicchio |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 31.7 sq mi (82.1 km2) |
| • Urban | 14.3 sq mi (37.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 466 ft (142 m) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Municipality | 1,170 |
| • Density | 37/sq mi (14/km2) |
| • Urban | 973 |
| • Urban density | 68/sq mi (26/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 52111 |
| Area code | 52 |
| Website | opcina |
Bale (Venetian: Vałe; Italian: Valle, previously Valle d'Istria; Istriot: Vale) is a settlement and municipality in Istria County, Croatia.
The origins of the settlement lie in the Roman stronghold of Castrum Vallis, built by Caius Palcrus to protect the salt-pan road from Pula-Pola to Poreč-Parenzo.[4] Bale was built around the medieval castle of the noble families Sardo and Bembo from the 15th century. [5]
The municipality covers a total area of 81.65 km2 (31.53 sq mi)[6] and has a total population of 1,170. The municipality is officially bilingual, Croatian and Italian, hence both names are official and equal. Bale-Valle is connected to the Croatian highway network by an exit on the A9 motorway (E751), part of the Istrian Y.[7]
- ^ The Statute of Bale. See art. 3
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Bale Istra". histrica.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "ISTRA.HR". www.istra.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ "Welcome to Bale". bale-valle.hr. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "Općina Bale - Valle". www.opcina.bale-valle.hr. Retrieved 2021-07-03.