Dubravica, Zagreb County

Dubravica
Municipality
Općina Dubravica
The seat of the municipality Dubravica The seat of the municipality Dubravica
Coat of arms of Dubravica Coat of arms
Dubravica Location of Dubravica in Croatia
Coordinates:
Country	Croatia
County	Zagreb County
Settlements	10 settlements Bobovec Rozganski Donji Čemehovec Dubravica (seat) Kraj Gornji Lugarski Breg Lukavec Sutlanski Pologi Prosinec Rozga Vučilčevo
Government
• Mayor	Franjo Štos
Area
• Total	20.61 km2 (7.96 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	1,586
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes	10293
Area code	01
License plates	ZG
Website	http://www.dubravica.hr

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.

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.

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.

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

Notable people from Dubravica

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

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website