Radoboj

Municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia

46°09′59.04″N 15°55′24.96″E / 46.1664000°N 15.9236000°E / 46.1664000; 15.9236000Country

CroatiaCountyKrapina-Zagorje CountyGovernment

• Municipal MayorAnđelko TopolovecArea

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• Municipality33.1 km² (12.8 sq mi) • Urban

13.0 km² (5.0 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Municipality2,981 • Density90/km² (230/sq mi) • Urban

1,131 • Urban density87/km² (230/sq mi)Websiteradoboj.hr

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:^[3]

Bregi Radobojski, population 445
Gorjani Sutinski, population 145
Gornja Šemnica, population 627
Jazvine, population 382
Kraljevec Radobojski, population 49
Kraljevec Šemnički, population 117
Orehovec Radobojski, population 282
Radoboj, population 1,282
Strahinje Radobojsko, population 58

In the 2011 census, 99.0% of the population were Croats.^[4]

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

Sida Košutić, novelist^[5]
- Literary manifestation Sida Košutić Days in her honor.

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Radoboj". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Krapina-Zagorje". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ Sida Košutić Croatian encyclopedia. Access date 7 July 2019.