Pregrada Explained

Official Name:Pregrada
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Croatia Krapina-Zagorje County#Croatia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Pregrada in Croatia
Coordinates:46.16°N 15.75°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Krapina-Zagorje
Leader Party:SDP
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Marko Vešligaj
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:67.5
Area Urban Km2:4.4
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:5927
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:1870
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Timezone:Central European Time
Utc Offset:+1

Pregrada is a town and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. In the 2011 census, there were 6,594 inhabitants in the following settlements:

In the 2011 census, the absolute majority were Croats.

History

The name Pregrada is first mentioned on August 9, 1334 in the statutes of the Zagreb Kaptol. The parish is certainly much older, because it was listed as the oldest one in the Archdiocese of Zagorje.

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Pregrada was a district capital in Varaždin County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Twin towns - twin cities

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Notes and References

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