What is the population of Samobor, Zagreb County?

Samobor has a population of approximately 16,911 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Samobor, Zagreb County located?

Samobor is located in Zagreb County, Croatia, at approximate coordinates 45.8019°, 15.7097°.

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Samobor

Zagreb Countytown

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Samobor

Total population

16,911

Elevation158 m

Land area251.5 km²

Coordinates45.80°, 15.71°

Demographic figures from Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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Elevation

158 m

Area

251.5 km²

Official website

www.samobor.hr

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Overview

Samobor is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area. Administratively it is a part of Zagreb County.

History & geography

History

Samobor has existed as a free royal town since 1242, according to a document of endowment by King Béla IV. Since the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699, Szamobor was part of the Habsburg monarchy, (Transleithania after the compromise of 1867), and soon after in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, created when the Kingdom of Slavonia and the Kingdom of Croatia were merged in 1868. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Samobor was a district capital in the Zagreb County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. The DVD "Chromos" was founded in 1954, under the VZ grada Samobora.

Geography

Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samobor hills (), the eastern part of Žumberak Mountains, in the Sava River valley. It is part of the historical region of Croatia proper.

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