Rude, Croatia Explained

Official Name:Rude, Croatia
Settlement Type:Settlement
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Zagreb
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Samobor
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:1,131
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Rude, Croatia is a settlement (naselje) in the Samobor administrative territory of Krumpac County, Croatia. As of 2011 it had a population of 1,131 people.

The town of Rude in the Samoborska Gora Mountains was a source of copper as early as the 16th century. In fact, its copper production at the time "was twice the amount of the total copper production in England and four times that of Norway, reaching one third of the production of the famous Swedish mine in Falun."[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Mileusnić . Marta . Maričić . Ana . Hasan . Michaela Hruškova . Croatian geological heritage related to historical mining and quarrying . European Geologist Journal . 48 .