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LUSSIN

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 131 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LUP-MAL
LUSSIN , a small-
island
  in the Adriatic Sea, in the Gulf of Quarnero, forming together with the adjacent islands of Veglia and Cherso an administrative
district
  in the Austrian crownland of Istria. Pop. (1900) 11,615. The
island
  is 24 M. in length, is of an
average
  breadth of 1.64 m., being little more than 300 yds. wide at its narrowest point, and has an area of 29 sq. m. The
chief
  town and
principal
  harbour is Lussinpiccolo (pop. 7207), which is the most important trading centre in the Quarnero group. The town has become a favourite winter resort, its climate resembling that of Nice. To the
south
 -
east
  of it is Lussingrande (pop. 2349), with an old Venetian palace and a shipbuilding wharf. The island was first peopled at the end of the 14th century. Its inhabitants are renowned
seamen
 .


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