Krapina

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**Krapina**
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Latitude	46.9°N
Longitude	15.52°E
Mayor	Josip Horvat
Surface (km²)	47, 53
Population (2001)	12,950
Time zone (UTC)	UTC+1 Central European Time

Krapina is a town in northern Croatia and the administrative centre of Krapina-Zagorje county with a population of 4,647 (2001) and a total municipality population of 12,950 (2001). Krapina is located in the hilly Zagorje region of Croatia, approximately 55 km away from both Zagreb and Varaždin.

In 1899, on a hill called Hušnjak near modern Krapina, the archaeologist and paleontologist Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger found over eight hundred fossil remains that were determined to be a 100,000 year old Neanderthal man.

Krapina itself has been known since 1193. It has always been a favourite site for castles and other country houses of Croatian and Hungarian rulers.

Today it is a reasonably developed town, boasting its festival kajkavskih popevki sung in the local Kajkavian dialect of the Croatian language.

There is also a nearby municipality of Krapinske Toplice (the spas of Krapina).

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edit	Municipalities of Krapina-Zagorje County
Krapina Bedekovčina \| Budinšćina \| Desinić \| Donja Stubica \| Đurmanec \| Gornja Stubica \| Hrašćina \| Hum na Sutli \| Jesenje \| Klanjec \| Konjšćina \| Kraljevec na Sutli \| Krapinske Toplice \| Kumrovec \| Lobor \| Marija Bistrica \| Mače \| Mihovljan \| Novi Golubovec \| Oroslavlje \| Petrovsko \| Pregrada \| Radoboj \| Sveti Križ Začretje \| Stubičke Toplice \| Tuhelj \| Veliko Trgovišće \| Zabok \| Zagorska Sela \| Zlatar \| Zlatar Bistrica