Gornja Rijeka, Croatia

Gornja Rijeka is a municipality in the Koprivnica-Križevci County in Croatia.

Gornja Rijeka
Gornja Rijeka is located in Croatia
Gornja Rijeka
Gornja Rijeka
Coordinates: 46°07′N 16°24′E
Country Croatia
CountyKoprivnica-Križevci
Area
[1]
 • Total32.6 km2 (12.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total1,559
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitegornja-rijeka.hr

According to the 2011 census, there are 1,779 inhabitants in the area, with Croats forming an absolute majority.

History

In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Gornja Rijeka was part of the Bjelovar-Križevci County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

During World War II, when the village was part of the Independent State of Croatia, it was the site of the Gornja Rijeka concentration camp where several hundred children were interned by the Ustaše in 1941 and 1942.

English engineer Robert Whitehead and Austro-Hungarian naval officer Giovanni Lupis developed the world's first modern torpedo in Gornja Rijeka in the 1860s.

Demographics

According to 2011 Croatian census, 1,779 people live in 14 census-registered settlements:[3]

  • Barlabaševec – 19
  • Deklešanec – 136
  • Donja Rijeka – 218
  • Dropkovec – 172
  • Fajerovec– 76
  • Fodrovec Riječki – 61
  • Gornja Rijeka – 340
  • Kolarec– 148
  • Kostanjevec Riječki – 267
  • Lukačevec – 23
  • Nemčevec – 18
  • Pofuki – 185
  • Štrigovec – 37
  • Vukšinec Riječki – 79

Notable people
  • Sidonija Rubido (1819–1884), opera singer. She helped establish the first elementary school in Gornja Rijeka.

References
  1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Gornja Rijeka". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.


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