Radoboj Explained

Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Croatia Krapina-Zagorje County#Croatia
Coordinates:46.1664°N 15.9236°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Krapina-Zagorje County
Leader Title:Municipal Mayor
Leader Name:Anđelko Topolovec
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:33.1
Area Urban Km2:13.0
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:2981
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:1131
Population Density Urban Km2:auto

Radoboj is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. In the 2011 census, the total population was 3,387, in the following settlements:

In the 2011 census, 99.0% of the population were Croats.

Fossil site

Radoboj is particularly famous as a major fossil site. During the 19th Century a large number of fossils from the Miocene were excavated here. Especially notable are the well preserved insects fossils which were described by the Swiss palaeontologist Oswald Heer. Most of this type material is currently in Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, there is also considerable material from Radoboj in the Natural History Museum in Zagreb.

Sport

Football club NK Radoboj in the 4th League.

Notable people

Notes and References

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  2. http://www.enciklopedija.hr/Natuknica.aspx?ID=33439 Sida Košutić