Lobor

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Lobor
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Lobor
Coordinates: 46°9′0″N16°3′36″E / 46.15000°N 16.06000°E / 46.15000; 16.06000
CountryFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
County Krapina-Zagorje County
Government
 • Municipal Mayor Ljubica Jembrih
Area
[1]
 • Municipality
43.2 km2 (16.7 sq mi)
 • Urban
9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
 • Municipality
2,703
 • Density63/km2 (160/sq mi)
 •  Urban
477
 • Urban density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Website lobor.hr

Lobor is a village and municipality in the Krapina-Zagorje County, northern Croatia.

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Population

In the 2011 census, there were a total of 3,188 inhabitants in the area, in the following settlements: [3]

In the same census, 98.96% of the population were Croats. [4]

History

During the first year of the World War II, the Ustaše established a concentration camp in Lobor, also known as Loborgrad concentration camp, for Jewish and Serb women and children. [5] [6] At least 200 of them died in it. [7]

On 13 April 2023, World Rally Championship driver Craig Breen died in an accident on a road between Lobor and Stari Golubovec during the Hyundai private testing before the 2023 Croatia Rally. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata   Q119585703.
  2. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Lobor". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: Lobor". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  5. ↑ ( Centre 1998 , p. 41): "Loborgrad was specifically designated for Serb and Jewish women and children;
  6. ↑ ( Čulinović 1970 , p. 316)
  7. ↑ ( Goldstein & Lengel-Krizman 1997 , p. 97): "9 August 1941 - a camp was established in Loborgrad for about 1,700 women and children; over 200 people died in the camp,"
  8. ↑ "Craig Breen passes away in testing accident". Dirtfish.com. Dirtfish, LLC. April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

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