Dubravica is a municipality in Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 1,586 inhabitants, absolute majority of which are Croats.

Geography

Dubravica municipality is located in the northwestern part of Zagreb County.

Dubravica, Zagreb County

From the north it borders with the Krapina-Zagorje County and Municipality Kraljevec na Sutli, the Municipality of Luka and the city of Zaprešić, the Southeast Pušća Municipality, on the south by the Municipality of Marija Gorica, while the west washes the Sutla river where is the border with Slovenia.

Dubravica, Zagreb County

In the west, the municipality covers a large part of the fertile valley, and its eastern parts are picturesque gentle hills of Zagorje and Prigorje.

Dubravica, Zagreb County

Origin of name

The name Dubravica itself originates from an oak forest Dubrava, which was once covered the entire area, and even today it is not uncommon to find a typical forest plants such as wood anemone, or saffron, and the occasional oak tree in the meadows in the valley of the river Sutla.

Settlements

Bobovec Rozganski

Donji Čemehovec

Dubravica

Kraj Gornji

Lugarski Breg

Lukavec Sutlanski

Pologi

Prosinec

Rozga

Vučilčevo

Austro-hungarian 1910 census

According to the 1910 census, municipality of Dubravica had 2,448 inhabitants, which were linguistically and religiously declared as this:

Notable people from Dubravica

Pavao Štoos, a Croatian poet, priest and a revivalist, born in Dubravica

References

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Populated places in Zagreb County

Zaprešić

Municipalities of Croatia