The area contains the excavation site of a 100,000-year-oldNeanderthal man in caves near the central town ofKrapina. The existence of Krapina itself has been verified since 1193, and it has been a common site for castles and other country houses of Croatian, Austrian andHungarian rulers.
Krapina-Zagorje County borders onVaraždin County in the northeast,Zagreb County in the southwest and southeast, and the city ofZagreb in the south. The county contains manyvineyards. 15% of the year,fog significantly lowers visibility in the area.
Since the late 1940s the county's population has been slowly shrinking. As of the 2021 census, the county had 120,702 residents. Thepopulation density is 98 people per km2. Of the 120,702 residents, 61,925 were female and 58,777 were male.[2]
Krapina-Zagorje County: Population trends 1857–2021
EthnicCroats form the majority with 97.89% of the population, followed bySlovenes (0.31%) andSerbs (0.13%), with other ethnicities making up the rest.[2]
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