Zlatar Bistrica

Zlatar-Bistrica
Municipality
Zlatar-Bistrica is located in Croatia
Zlatar-Bistrica
Zlatar-Bistrica
Location of Zlatar-Bistrica in Croatia
Coordinates: 46°05′10″N 16°04′34″E / 46.086°N 16.076°E / 46.086; 16.076
Country Croatia
CountyKrapina-Zagorje County
Government
 • Municipal MayorŽarko Miholić
Area
[1]
 • Municipality
24.7 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
 • Urban
6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Municipality
2,308
 • Density93/km2 (240/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,393
 • Urban density220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Websitezlatar-bistrica.hr
Zlatar-Bistrica and upper Krapina

Zlatar-Bistrica is a village and municipality in northwestern Croatia, in the Krapina-Zagorje County. It lies on the crossroads of two important roads for the region, one connecting northern parts of the county with Zagreb (D29) and the other connecting Varaždin and western part of the county (D24) and is also connected by R201 railway.

What is today Zlatar-Bistrica, until 1912 was actually just couple of small villages - Gornji Brestovec, Donji Brestovec and Grančari. As the railroads connected Zagreb and Varaždin, a rail station was built between Zlatar and Marija Bistrica and it was named Zlatar-Bistrica. Today's Zlatar-Bistrica grew in the rail station's surroundings.

In the 2011 census, the municipality had a total population of 2,600 inhabitants, in the following settlements:[3]

  • Ervenik Zlatarski, population 113
  • Lipovec, population 198
  • Lovrečan, population 405
  • Opasanjek, population 90
  • Veleškovec, population 262
  • Zlatar-Bistrica, population 1,532

Today's Zlatar-Bistrica is considered one of the smaller municipalities in the county. Until 1991, however, it was the administrative center of the municipality of Zlatar Bistrica, which included today's municipalities of Budinšćina, Hrašćina, Konjščina, Lobor, Mihovljan, Zlatar and Zlatar-Bistrica. At the time, with just over 33,000 inhabitants, it was the biggest municipality of the county.

Until it was divided in 1991, Zlatar-Bistrica was also the economic stronghold with several small, medium and even a big companies operating there. Wood and meat-processing as well as electric equipment are produced there.

Culturally, Zlatar-Bistrica was neglected for many years in favour of neighbouring Zlatar.[citation needed] Nowadays there's a strong association that works on cultural matters in Zlatar Bistrica under name of KUD "Kaj".

Sports association include soccer team NK "Ivančica" and both gender handball teams - ŽRK "Zlatar-Bistrica" and RK "Zlatar-Bistrica".

Sources

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Zlatar-Bistrica". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
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