INFO ABOUT KRAPINA-ZAGORJE COUNTY AND CROATIA
Krapina-Zagorje County is located in the northwestern part of Croatia and covers an area of 1224.22 km 2 in which live 142,432 inhabitants.
This is a region of preserved nature and mild healing waters, coupled with a rich cultural and historical heritage and lots of picturesque castles.
Croatia is a European country and is part of the Mediterranean, as it occupies most of the coastline of the Adriatic Sea with the islands. Includes Dinara mountain range, which separates the Mediterranean part from mid-European continental, and part of the Pannonian Basin. The mainland part of the Croatian is 56 594 km2, and the surface of the coastal sea 31,479 km2, and the entire area has 4,290,612 inhabitants. Economic, political and cultural center is the capital city of Zagreb with 792,875 inhabitants. Of 1244 islands and islets, 50 of them are inhabited, and the largest are Cres and Krk. The official currency is the kuna.
High-quality thermal springs Krapinske, Stubicke and Tuheljske Spa represent the basis of tourism in Krapina-Zagorje County.
The picturesque Zagorje "hills", vineyards, ancient forests of Medvednica, Ivančica and Macelj mountains, and cultural and historical monuments, mainly medieval castles, further complete tourist offer of the region.
National shrine of Croatia is located in Marija Bistrica, also in Krapina-Zagorje County.
