Budinščina
Budinščina | |
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  Budinščina The municipality is located in northern Croatia. | |
| Coordinates: 46°6′36″N 16°12′0″E / 46.11000°N 16.20000°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Krapina-Zagorje |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Franjo Jagić (Independent) |
| Area | |
• Total | 55.0 km2 (21.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 2,182 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | budinscina |
Budinščina is a village and municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. It is connected by the state road D24 and R201 railway.
Milengrad (Milen) castle is located in the municipality.
History
The origin of Budinšćina is linked to 1234, when the land of Budindol is mentioned. The remains of the cultural monuments of the Milengrad castle, the Patačić castle in Zajezda, the Zakmardy manor house in Budinšćina, the school in Zajezda, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zajezda speak of the importance of this area in the past. There is also a valuable Bronze Age site in the municipality. The area of the municipality was once a famous mining area with brown coal mines and a quarry of diabase and limestone, which started the economic development of Budinščina.[3]
Demographics
In the 2021 census, there were a total of 2,182 inhabitants in the municipality with Croats being the majority at 99.18%.[2] The following 13 settlements comprise the municipality:[2]
- Budinšćina, population 510
- Gotalovec, population 139
- Grtovec, population 299
- Krapinica, population 223
- Marigutić, population 20
- Pažurovec, population 80
- Pece, population 244
- Pokojec, population 4
- Pomperovec, population 46
- Prepuštovec, population 65
- Sveti Križ, population 121
- Topličica, population 138
- Zajezda, population 293
| population | 2186 | 2583 | 2832 | 3196 | 3742 | 4223 | 4249 | 4954 | 5318 | 5347 | 4785 | 4138 | 3444 | 3150 | 2793 | 2503 | 2182 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Administration
The current mayor of Budinščina is Franjo Jagić and the Budinščina Municipal Council consists of 9 seats.
| Groups | Councilors per group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HSU-HSS-SDP | 4 / 9
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| HDZ | 2 / 9
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| HNS | 2 / 9
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| Dražen Hranić | 1 / 9
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Povijest Krapinsko-zagorske županije i područja današnje Krapinsko-zagorske županije". www.kzz.hr. Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ "II. KRAPINSKO-ZAGORSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF). State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
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