Dubravica, Zagreb County

Dubravica
Municipality
Općina Dubravica
The seat of the municipality Dubravica
The seat of the municipality Dubravica
Coat of arms of Dubravica
Coat of arms
Dubravica is located in Croatia
Dubravica
Dubravica
Location of Dubravica in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°57′36″N 15°42′58″E / 45.96000°N 15.71611°E / 45.96000; 15.71611
CountryCroatia
CountyZagreb County
Settlements
10 settlements
  • Bobovec Rozganski
  • Donji Čemehovec
  • Dubravica (seat)
  • Kraj Gornji
  • Lugarski Breg
  • Lukavec Sutlanski
  • Pologi
  • Prosinec
  • Rozga
  • Vučilčevo
Government
 • MayorFranjo Štos
Area
[1]
 • Municipality
20.6 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
 • Urban
1.5 km2 (0.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality
1,192
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
 • Urban
112
 • Urban density75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
10293
Area code01
License platesZG
Websitedubravica.hr

Dubravica is a municipality in Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 1,586 inhabitants, absolute majority of which are Croats.

Geography

Dubravica municipality is located in the northwestern part of Zagreb County.

From the north it borders with the Krapina-Zagorje County and the municipality of Kraljevec na Sutli, the municipality of Luka and the city of Zaprešić, the southeast part of the Pušća municipality, on the south by the municipality of Marija Gorica, while the west washes the Sutla river where is the border with Slovenia.

In the west, the municipality covers a large part of the fertile valley, and its eastern parts are picturesque gentle hills of Zagorje and Prigorje.

Origin of name

The name Dubravica itself originates from an oak forest Dubrava, which was once covered the entire area, and even today it is not uncommon to find a typical forest plants such as wood anemone, or saffron, and the occasional oak tree in the meadows in the valley of the river Sutla.

Settlements

Austro-hungarian 1910 census

According to the 1910 census, municipality of Dubravica had 2,448 inhabitants,[3] which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Municipality of Dubravica
language religion

ukupno: 2,448

  Croatian 2,417 (98.73%)
  Slovene 26 (1.06%)
  German 4 (0.16%)
  Italian 1 (0.04%)

total: 2,448

  Rom. Cathol. 2,441 (99.71%)
  Jewish 7 (0.28%)

Notable people from Dubravica

References

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ Book: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;

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