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.
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.