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Krapina-Zagorje County

County in northern Croatia

Krapina-Zagorje County
Summary

County in northern Croatia

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Krapina-Zagorje County (, ) is a county in northern Croatia, bordering Slovenia. It encompasses most of the historic region called Hrvatsko Zagorje.

The area contains the excavation site of a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal man in caves near the central town of Krapina. The existence of Krapina itself has been verified since 1193, and it has been a common site for castles and other country houses of Croatian, Austrian and Hungarian rulers.

Other towns of the county are Zabok, Pregrada, Zlatar, Oroslavje, Donja Stubica, Klanjec. The town of Stubica features another thermal spring, the Stubičke spa. Also in the area are the medieval castles Veliki Tabor, Miljana, Bežanec, Hellenbach, Milengrad etc.

Krapina-Zagorje County borders on Varaždin County in the northeast, Zagreb County in the southwest and southeast, and the city of Zagreb in the south. The county contains many vineyards. 15% of the year, fog significantly lowers visibility in the area.

Administrative division

Krapina-Zagorje County is divided into 7 towns or cities, 25 municipalities and 422 settlements:

  • Town of Krapina (county seat)
  • Town of Donja Stubica
  • Town of Klanjec
  • Town of Oroslavje
  • Town of Pregrada
  • Town of Zabok
  • Town of Zlatar
  • Municipality of Bedekovčina
  • Municipality of Budinščina
  • Municipality of Desinić
  • Municipality of Đurmanec
  • Municipality of Gornja Stubica
  • Municipality of Hrašćina
  • Municipality of Hum na Sutli
  • Municipality of Jesenje
  • Municipality of Konjščina
  • Municipality of Kraljevec na Sutli
  • Municipality of Krapinske Toplice
  • Municipality of Kumrovec
  • Municipality of Lobor
  • Municipality of Mače
  • Municipality of Marija Bistrica
  • Municipality of Mihovljan
  • Municipality of Novi Golubovec
  • Municipality of Petrovsko
  • Municipality of Radoboj
  • Municipality of Stubičke Toplice
  • Municipality of Sveti Križ Začretje
  • Municipality of Tuhelj
  • Municipality of Veliko Trgovišće
  • Municipality of Zagorska Sela
  • Municipality of Zlatar Bistrica

Demographics

[[Population pyramid]] of Krapina-Zagorje county per the 2011 Census

|1857 |100804 |1869 |113711 |1880 |125394 |1890 |139547 |1900 |152047 |1910 |168404 |1921 |163594 |1931 |175227 |1948 |181586 |1953 |178938 |1961 |168952 |1971 |161247 |1981 |153567 |1991 |148779 |2001 |142432 |2011 |132892 |2021 |120702

Since the late 1940s the county's population has been slowly shrinking. As of the 2021 census, the county had 120,702 residents. The population density is 98 people per km2. Of the 120,702 residents, 61,925 were female and 58,777 were male.

Ethnic Croats form the majority with 97.89% of the population, followed by Slovenes (0.31%) and Serbs (0.13%), with other ethnicities making up the rest.

Administration

The current prefect of Krapina-Zagorje County is Željko Kolar (SDP) and the Krapina-Zagorje County Assembly consists of 37 seats.

Source:

References

References

  1. {{Croatia Yearbook 2015
  2. {{Croatian Census 2021. S. 02
  3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".
  4. . (December 2018). ["2-2. Županije, površina, stanovništvo, gradovi, općine i naselja (teritorijalni ustroj prema stanju 31. prosinca 2017.) - Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2018."](https://www.dzs.hr/Hrv_Eng/ljetopis/2018/sljh2018.pdf).
  5. "II. KRAPINSKO-ZAGORSKA ŽUPANIJA". State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia.
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