Lobor

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

Lobor
Municipality
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Coordinates: 46°9′0″N 16°3′36″E
Country	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
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
• Urban	477
• Urban density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Website	lobor.hr

Population

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

• Cebovec, population 49
• Lobor, population 521
• Markušbrijeg, population 488
• Petrova Gora, population 464
• Stari Golubovec, population 193
• Šipki, population 114
• Velika Petrovagorska, population 237
• Vinipotok, population 400
• Vojnovec Loborski, population 416
• Završje Loborsko, population 306

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]