| Vižinada | |
| Official Name: | Vižinada Municipality Općina Vižinada - Comune di Visinada[1] |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 45.3333°N 59°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Marko Ferenac |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 35.7 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 2.8 |
| Elevation M: | 40 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 1,142 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 269 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Vižinada (Italian: '''Visinada''') is a village and municipality in the interior of the western part of Istria, Croatia. It is northeast of Poreč at an elevation of . The economy is agriculture-based.
The parish was first mentioned in 1177, in the papal document granting a privilege to the bishop of Poreč. Vižinada is located at the intersection of the main road Buje - Pula (M2, E751) and a local road toward Poreč.
Despite various attempts at defacing stone effigies of the Lion of St Mark in the square and church interior, the township and its environs were under Venetian control at various periods throughout history.
Traditional events are Versi na sterni, festival of poetry, as well as the folk feasts of Krostulijada, St. Mary and St. Valentine.
The famous ballet story of Giselle was created in Vižinada. There is also the Gothic church of St. Mary with a stone head on the facade which, according to legend, depicts Attila, the Hun general.[3]
According to the 2021 census, its population was 1,142 with 269 living in the village proper.
The total municipality population was 1,155, distributed in the following settlements:
In 1969, various locations in Vižinada were used as sets during the filming of the heist film Kelly's Heroes; the village was used as a stand-in for the French town of Clermont, with the script having a German-held bank full of gold bullion being up for grabs. Yugoslavia itself had been chosen for a shooting location for, among other reasons, that at the time it was one of the few nations whose army still possessed operational WWII-era tanks and other vehicles suitable for use in the film.[4] Vižinada today remains mostly the same as it was in the production, as seen in the photograph of the church square, in which the confrontation with the Tiger tank takes place.
The photograph shows Vižinada as seen in the film. The church tower is where the characters Cowboy (Jeff Morris) and Gutowski (Richard Davalos) are positioned, overlooking the town square, and the bank. To the right of the photograph, where the gentleman is standing, the Tiger Tank was sitting, as the three men (Kelly, Oddball and Big Joe) approached it to confront the commander.