Hlebine

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The municipality is located in Krapina-Zagorje county in northern Croatia
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The municipality is located in Krapina-Zagorje county in northern Croatia

Hlebine is the Koprivnica-Križevci county in Croatia. It consists out of two villages, Hlebine and Gabajeva Greda.

[edit] Population

Its population is mostly agricultural. Population is decreasing continously over the years. As of 2001, Hlebine had 1470 inhabitants, absolute majority which are Croats.

[edit] History

Hlebine is first mentioned 1671 as a village in the Drnje parish. It became a independent parish in 18th century. It was a part of Koprivnica county until 1993. Hlebine is also an important city for Croatian art, and is a center of Croatian naive art. It is a birth town of Franjo Mraz, Krsto Hegedušić, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić, Miralem Alečković and Franjo Gaži.



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Drnje | Đelekovec | Đurđevac | Ferdinandovac | Gola | Gornja Rijeka | Hlebine | Kalinovac | Kalnik | Kloštar Podravski | Koprivnički Bregi | Koprivnički Ivanec | Križevci | Legrad | Molve | Novigrad Podravski | Novo Virje | Peteranec | Podravske Sesvete | Rasinja | Sokolovac | Sveti Ivan Žabno | Sveti Petar Orehovec | Virje

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