Labin is a town in Istria

Istria

Istria , formerly Histria , is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

, with a town population of 6,884 (2011) and 11,703 in the greater municipality (which also includes the small towns of Rabac

Rabac

Rabac, a Croatian village in Istria, is a large resort town on Kvarner Bay, just southeast of Labin.Long a small fishing port of just three dozen homes, Rabac has grown in recent years into a resort town with numerous villas and apartment buildings....

 and Vinež, as well as a number of smaller villages, such as Crni).

Labin was, for long time, the center of Croatia's largest coalmining district, with four mines operated at its height of production. The mine in downtown Labin closed in the 1950s

1950s

The 1950s or The Fifties was the decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. The decade was the sixth decade of the 20th century...

, while the last mine was closed down in 1989. The large, coal-fired power plant in nearby Plomin

Plomin

Plomin is a village in the Croatian part of Istria, situated approximately 11 km north of Labin, on an 80 meters high hill. It is a popular destination for tourists traveling through Istria by road....

 now has its coal imported from outside sources once the mines were closed.

External links

• Labin official site
• Labin.com is the first site about Labin
• The Italian community in Albona