Tar

Featured view

Tar

Total population

1,144

Coordinates45.30°, 13.63°

Demographic figures from Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from carbon-rich materials such as coal, wood, petroleum, peat, and other organic matter.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Korado Korlević

Croatian astronomer

Giuseppe Pagano

Italian architect (1896-1945)

A

Antonio Albertini

(1776-1836)

M

Mario Visintini

Italian flying ace (1913-1941)

G

Giorgio Maria Albertini

Italian theologian (1732-1810)

L

Lina Galli

Italian author (1899–1993)

B

Bernardo Parentino

Italian painter (c.1437-1531)

Igor Jurković

Croatian kickboxer

E

Ercole Miani

Italian politician (1893-1968)

Ivan Jakovčić

Croatian politician

Antonio Grabar

Antonio Crast

Italian film actor and actor (1911–1984)

E

Elio Giangreco

Italian engineer (1924-2008)

M

Mafalda Codan

Rita Rusić

Croatian singer, actress and producer

M

Mateo Bertoša

Croatian footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Istria

• Bašarinka
  2.3 mi away · pop. 90
• Stranići kod Nove Vasi
  2.4 mi away · pop. 177
• Kovači
  2.5 mi away · pop. 65
• Stancija Vodopija
  2.6 mi away · pop. 116
• Mihatovići
  2.7 mi away · pop. 122
• Valentići
  2.7 mi away · pop. 75
• Babići
  3.4 mi away · pop. 76
• Radoši kod Višnjana
  3.8 mi away · pop. 49
• Kosinožići
  4.2 mi away · pop. 99
• Markovac
  4.2 mi away · pop. 163
• Antonci
  4.3 mi away · pop. 164
• Ohnići
  4.4 mi away · pop. 30

Browse all places in Istria →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

rock samphire

Crithmum maritimum

Seen 2026-09-16

House Centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

Seen 2026-09-15

Ring-necked Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Seen 2026-09-15

Mediterranean Slant-faced Grasshopper

Acrida ungarica

Seen 2026-09-15

Sieve-winged Snailkiller

Coremacera marginata

Seen 2026-09-14

Vestal

Rhodometra sacraria

Seen 2026-09-14

Green Whip Snake

Hierophis viridiflavus

Seen 2026-09-14

Pentodon bidens punctatus

Pentodon bidens punctatus

Seen 2026-09-14

giant reed

Arundo donax

Seen 2026-09-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).