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Savudrija (Italian: Salvore) is a coastal settlement in northwestern Istria, Croatia. It has developed from a fishing village into a pleasant holiday centre. Savudrija is also the name of the surrounding area in the peninsula.
The village was mentioned in written sources already in the second part of the 12th century and was from 13th century part of the Piran municipality, while today it is part of Istria County in Croatia. On February 18, 1893 Savudrija constituted part of Piran municipality with the neighbour area.
The main sight of the settlement is a 29 m high lighthouse. Three kinds of wind meet here so the area is popular with windsurfers.
The territory remained part of the municipality of Piran until 1947, when the municipality of Savudrija was set up. In 1954, when the Free Territory of Trieste was dissolved and its southern part became officially part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Savudrija was joined to the Socialist Republic of Croatia according with the decisions of ZAVNOH, and in base of the results of the 1945 census.
According to the last Austrian census in 1910, almost 79% of the population of the Savudrija territory was Italian-speaking, 14% were Slovene-speaking. During the period of fascist rule (1922-1945), the zone was almost completely Italianized. According to the first ethic census in 1945 Savudrija had a Croatian majority, with 54% Croats, 30% Italians and 14% Slovenes. Following the decisions of the Paris Peace Treaty (1947) many ethnic Italians opted for living in Italy. Today, Savudrija remains largely Croatian-speaking, but there is a small Italian minority and most topographic signs are bilingual.
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