Martinska Ves is village and a municipality in

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in the

Sisak-Moslavina County Sisak-Moslavina County ( hr, Sisačko-moslavačka županija) is a Croatian county in eastern Central Croatia and southwestern Slavonia. It is named after the city of Sisak and the region Moslavina just across the river Sava. According to 2021 ...

. It has a population of 3,488 (2011 census), 98% which are

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. The settlements in the municipality are: * Bok Palanječki, population 138 * Desni Dubrovčak, pop. 115 * Desno Trebarjevo, pop. 334 * Desno Željezno, pop. 170 * Jezero Posavsko, pop. 70 * Lijeva Luka, pop. 233 * Lijevo Trebarjevo, pop. 59 * Lijevo Željezno, pop. 9 * Ljubljanica, pop. 31 * Mahovo, pop. 269 * Martinska Ves, pop. 683 * Setuš, pop. 157 * Strelečko, pop. 537 * Tišina Erdedska, pop. 305 * Tišina Kaptolska, pop. 259 * Zirčica, pop. 119

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Martinska Ves was part of the

Zagreb County Zagreb County ( hr, 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" ( hr, ...

of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Notable people

Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić (1 November 1724 – 4 April 1787) was a Croatian Roman Catholic priest, mathematician, writer, and musical theorist primarily known for writing the first Croatian arithmetics textbook '' Arithmetika Horvatzka'' (publish ...

(1724–1787),

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priest, mathematician, writer, and musical theorist primarily known for writing the first Croatian arithmetic textbook ''Arithmatika Horvatzka'' (published in Zagreb, 1758)

References

Municipalities of Croatia Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County {{SisakMoslavina-geo-stub