Radoboj

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox settlement

| settlement_type = Municipality

| pushpin_map = Croatia Krapina-Zagorje County#Croatia

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| coordinates = {{coord|46|09|59.04|N|15|55|24.96|E|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Croatia}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Krapina-Zagorje County

| leader_title = Municipal Mayor

| leader_name = Anđelko Topolovec

| area_footnotes = {{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}

| area_total_km2 = 33.1

| area_urban_km2 = 13.0

| population_footnotes = {{Croatian Census 2021|S}}

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 2981

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 1131

| population_density_urban_km2 = auto

| website = {{URL|radoboj.hr}}

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Radoboj is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia.

In the 2011 census, the total population was 3,387, in the following settlements:{{Croatian Census 2011|S|02|3646}}

In the 2011 census, 99.0% of the population were Croats.{{Croatian Census 2011|E|02}}

Fossil site

Radoboj is particularly famous as a major fossil site. During the 19th Century a large number of fossils from the Miocene were excavated here. Especially notable are the well preserved insects fossils which were described by the Swiss palaeontologist Oswald Heer. Most of this type material is currently in Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, there is also considerable material from Radoboj in the Natural History Museum in Zagreb.

Sport

Football club NK Radoboj in the 4th League.

Notable people

  • Sida Košutić, novelist[https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/kosutic-sida Sida Košutić] Croatian encyclopedia. Access date 7 July 2019.
  • Literary manifestation Sida Košutić Days in her honor.

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite journal |date=2015-06-16 |first=Davor |last=Špoljar |title=Settling of Radoboj and Surrounding Areas in Prehistory |pages=89–121 |url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/142955 |journal=Kaj: časopis za književnost, umjetnost, kulturu |eissn=1848-7920 |volume=231 |issue=332–333}}