Bistra, Zagreb County
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Bistra is a municipality
("općina") in Zagreb County
, Croatia
. The municipality was established in 1995 by separating from the former Municipality of Zaprešić
and its municipal seat is Donja Bistra.
According to the 2001 Croatian census, there are 6,098 inhabitants, absolute majority which are Croats
. They live in 6 settlements/naselja:
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
("općina") in Zagreb County
Zagreb County
Zagreb County is a county in central Croatia. It surrounds – but does not contain – the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, it is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring"...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. The municipality was established in 1995 by separating from the former Municipality of Zaprešić
Zaprešic
Zaprešić is a city in Zagreb County in Croatia. Its population is 25.875 inhabitants for the city proper, and over 51,000 for its seven-municipality metropolitan area. Zaprešić is the third-largest, and most densely populated division of the county. It is located northwest of the Croatian capital...
and its municipal seat is Donja Bistra.
According to the 2001 Croatian census, there are 6,098 inhabitants, absolute majority which are Croats
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
. They live in 6 settlements/naselja:
- Bukovje Bistransko - 382
- Donja Bistra - 1,273
- Gornja BistraGornja BistraGornja Bistra is a village in Croatia. It is located on the northern slopes of the Medvednica, underneath the ski slopes where the Snow Queen Trophy race is held....
- 1,629 - Novaki Bistranski - 777
- Oborovo Bistransko - 938
- Poljanica Bistranska - 1,099