Gornja Stubica

Gornja Stubica (pronounced [gôːrɲaː stûbit͡sa]) is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia.

Gornja Stubica
Gornja Stubica
Coordinates: 45°57′36″N 16°1′48″E
Country	Croatia
County	Krapina-Zagorje
Government
• Mayor	Matija Lešković (Independent)
Area [1]
• Total	48.7 km2 (18.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	4,622
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	gornjastubica.hr

History

The first written document about the parish of St. George in Gornja Stubica dates back to 1209. Right next to the church is the over 400-year-old Gubec lime tree (a protected natural object). Many Legends about Matija Gubec and the peasant revolt of 1573 are associated with it. In the center of the town, on St. George's Square, is the chapel of St. John the Baptist built in the Baroque style. There, in 1999, a memorial bust to Rudolf Perešin, born in the village of Jakšinec, was unveiled.^[3]

Matija Gubec statue in the 1573 Peasants' Revolt monument in Gornja Stubica made in 1973 by Antun Augustinčić, a prominent Croatian sculptor

Climate

From 1981 to 1996, the highest temperature recorded at the Stubička gora weather station was 33.8 °C (92.8 °F), on 28 July 1987.^[4] The coldest temperature was −18.5 °C (−1.3 °F), on 12 February 1985.^[5]

Demographics

In the 2021 census, it had a total of 4,622 inhabitants, in the following settlements:^[2]

• Banšćica, population 172
• Brezje, population 229
• Dobri Zdenci, population 112
• Dubovec, population 300
• Gornja Stubica, population 747
• Gusakovec, population 190
• Hum Stubički, population 498
• Jakšinec, population 238
• Karivaroš, population 265
• Modrovec, population 324
• Orehova Gorica, population 50
• Pasanska Gorica, population 143
• Repićevo Selo, population 26
• Samci, population 259
• Sekirevo Selo, population 34
• Slani Potok, population 322
• Sveti Matej, population 502
• Šagudovec, population 149
• Vinterovec, population 44
• Volavec, population 18

In the same census, an absolute majority of inhabitants were Croats at 99.37%.^[2]

Gornja Stubica: Population trends 1857–2021

v

population	4269	4715	5567	6569	7144	7578	7368	7969	8318	8338	7927	7056	6323	6104	5726	5284	4622
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources:Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Administration

The current mayor of Gornja Stubica is Matija Lešković and the Gornja Stubica Municipal Council consists of 13 seats.

Groups	Councilors per group
Independents	6 / 13
HNS	5 / 13
SDP-HSU-HSS-Reformists	1 / 13
HDZ	1 / 13
Source:[6]

Notable People

• Rudolf Perešin, Croatian military pilot, born on March 25, 1958 in Jakšinec, in the Municipality of Gornja Stubica.

Twin towns

Gornja Stubica is twinned with:

• Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia (since 2013)