Čabar

Čabar is a town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia. There are 3,770 inhabitants (census 2011), in the following settlements:


 * Bazli, population 5
 * Brinjeva Draga, population 5
 * Crni Lazi, population 117
 * Čabar, population 412
 * Donji Žagari, population 8
 * Fažonci, population 0
 * Ferbežari, population 32
 * Gerovo, population 689
 * Gerovski Kraj, population 95
 * Gorači, population 99
 * Gornji Žagari, population 83
 * Hrib, population 109
 * Kamenski Hrib, population 6
 * Kozji Vrh, population 60
 * Kraljev Vrh, population 14
 * Kranjci, population 4
 * Lautari, population 16
 * Lazi, population 55
 * Makov Hrib, population 103
 * Mali Lug, population 79
 * Mandli, population 39
 * Okrivje, population 2
 * Parg, population 87
 * Plešce, population 140
 * Podstene, population 17
 * Požarnica, population 1
 * Prezid, population 740
 * Prhci, population 12
 * Prhutova Draga, population 3
 * Pršleti, population 0
 * Ravnice, population 39
 * Selo, population 41
 * Smrečje, population 71
 * Smrekari, population 9
 * Sokoli, population 10
 * Srednja Draga, population 43
 * Tropeti, population 12
 * Tršće, population 342
 * Vode, population 35
 * Vrhovci, population 110
 * Zamost, population 26

In the same census, 94.6% of the population were Croats, 2.3% Slovenes and 1.1% Serbs.

Name
Čabar is known as Čeber in the local dialect. The name is believed to derive from the Illyrian word ziaber 'clearing'.

History
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Čabar was a district capital in the Modruš-Rijeka County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Twin towns
Čabar is twinned with:
 * Pula, Croatia (since 1974)