Hrašćina
Hrašćina | |
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  Hrašćina | |
| Coordinates: 46°6′36″N 16°13′12″E / 46.11000°N 16.22000°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Krapina-Zagorje |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Branko Tukač (HSS) |
| Area | |
• Total | 27.3 km2 (10.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 1,388 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | opcina-hrascina |
Hrašćina is a municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. It is best known for the Hraschina meteorite.[3]
History
[edit]There are several valuable sacral buildings in the area of the Hrašćina municipality. One of the oldest is a Roman tombstone built into the statue of St. Anne in Hrašćina. In the settlement of Domovec, there is St. Mark's Pillar, erected in 1647 to celebrate the departure of the Ottoman Turks from the Hrašćina region. The Chapel of St. Benedict in Gornji Kraljevec is a protected cultural monument. The Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows in Trgovišće was erected in 1735. The Parish Church of St. Nicholas in Hrašćina was built in the 17th century.
Hrašćina is known in the history of astronomy for the first documented meteorite fall on May 26, 1751. Since 2012, May 26 has been celebrated as the day of the Municipality of Hrašćina.[4]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2021 census, there were 1,388 inhabitants in the area, in the following settlements:[2]
- Domovec, population 82
- Donji Kraljevec, population 118
- Gornjaki, population 104
- Gornji Kraljevec, population 333
- Hrašćina, population 76
- Husinec, population 97
- Jarek Habekov, population 144
- Maretić, population 121
- Trgovišće, population 55
- Vrbovo, population 258
In the same census, 98.7% of the population were Croats.[2]
| population | 1154 | 1575 | 1786 | 2093 | 2649 | 3126 | 3163 | 3604 | 3556 | 3548 | 3238 | 2887 | 2375 | 2061 | 1826 | 1617 | 1388 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Administration
[edit]The current mayor of Hrašćina is Branko Tukač (HSS) and the Hrašćina Municipal Council consists of 9 seats.
| Groups | Councilors per group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HSS | 5 / 9
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| SDP-Reformists | 3 / 9
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| HDZ | 1 / 9
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References
[edit]- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ a b c "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "Meteorite of Hraschina". www.nhm.at. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "Općenito". www.opcina-hrascina.hr. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "II. KRAPINSKO-ZAGORSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF). State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
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