Zagreb County

For the historical county, see Zagreb County (former).
Zagreb County
Zagrebačka županija
County
Flag of Zagreb County
Flag
Coat of arms of Zagreb County
Coat of arms
Zagreb County within Croatia
Zagreb County within Croatia
CountryCroatia
County seatZagreb[1]
Government
 • ŽupanStjepan Kožić (Ind.)
 • Assembly
51 members
Area
[2]
 • Total
3,060 km2 (1,180 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total
299,983
 • Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Area code01
ISO 3166 codeHR-01
HDI (2022)0.860[4]
very high · 7th
Websitewww.zagrebacka-zupanija.hr

Zagreb County (Croatian: Zagrebačka županija) is a county in Northern Croatia. It surrounds, but does not contain, the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, the county is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring" (Croatian: zagrebački prsten). According to the 2021 census, the county has 299,985 inhabitants,[3] most of whom live in smaller urban satellite towns.

The Zagreb County once included the city of Zagreb, but in 1997 they separated, when the City was given a special status.[5] Although separated from the city of Zagreb both administratively and territorially, it remains closely linked with it.

Zagreb County borders on Krapina-Zagorje County, the city of Zagreb, Varaždin County, and Koprivnica-Križevci County in the north, Bjelovar-Bilogora County in the east, Sisak-Moslavina County in the south and Karlovac County in the southwest as well as Slovenia in the west.

Franjo Tuđman Airport is located on the territory of Zagreb County, the biggest and most important airport in the country.

  1. ^ "O županiji - Zagrebačka županija".
  2. ^ Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 62. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  5. ^ Narodne novine, br. 62/01, 125/08