Veliko Trgovišće

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

Veliko Trgovišće (Translation: Big Market Place) is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje county in Croatia. According to the 2001 census, there are 5,220 inhabitants in the area, absolute majority which are Croats.

It was in this village that Croatian president Franjo Tuđman was born in 1922 when it was part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

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