Rovinj, a small town in Croatia, on the west coast of Istria, on 45° 01' of latitude and 13° 38' of longitude east of Greenwich. It is one of nine towns in Istrian County that cover almost the whole Istrian peninsula or 2.815.09 sq. km. i.e. 5% of the Republic of Croatia.

           Town Rovinj has, according to the census from 1991, 12.910 inhabitants, out of which 1.761 are members of Italian national community.

           The climate is Mediterranean. The average temperature is 4,8° C in January and 22,3° C in July. The average annual temperature is 16° C.
Sea temperature is more than 20° C from the middle of June to the middle of September. The average annual sea temperature is 16,6 ° C.
From the middle of May to the middle of September the sun shines more than 10 hours a day.
The rainfall averages 940 mm a year. The average moist level is 72%. Vegetation is subtropical.