Dubravica, Zagreb County Explained

Dubravica
Official Name:Općina Dubravica
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Dubravica in Croatia
Coordinates:45.96°N 15.7161°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Croatia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Zagreb County
Parts Type:Settlements
Parts Style:coll
Parts:10 settlements
P1:Bobovec Rozganski
P2:Donji Čemehovec
P3:Dubravica (seat)
P4:Kraj Gornji
P5:Lugarski Breg
P6:Lukavec Sutlanski
P7:Pologi
P8:Prosinec
P9:Rozga
P10:Vučilčevo
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Franjo Štos
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:20.6
Area Urban Km2:1.5
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:1192
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:112
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal codes
Postal Code:10293
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:01
Blank Name:License plates
Blank Info:ZG

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 Municipality Kraljevec na Sutli, the Municipality of Luka and the city of Zaprešić, the Southeast 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,[2] which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Notable people from Dubravica

Notes and References

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  2. Book: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998.,, ;