Martinska Ves is a village and a municipality in
Sisak-Moslavina County
Sisak-Moslavina County () 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 the 2021 census, it is inhabited by 140, ...
,
Croatia
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.
Population
In the 2011 census, it had a total population of 3,488, in the following
settlements:
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Bok Palanječki, population 138
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Desni Dubrovčak, pop. 115
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Desno Trebarjevo, pop. 334
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Desno Željezno, pop. 170
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Jezero Posavsko, pop. 70
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Lijeva Luka, pop. 233
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Lijevo Trebarjevo, pop. 59
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Lijevo Željezno, pop. 9
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Ljubljanica
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, pop. 31
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Mahovo, pop. 269
* Martinska Ves, pop. 683
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Setuš, pop. 157
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Strelečko, pop. 537
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Tišina Erdedska, pop. 305
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Tišina Kaptolska, pop. 259
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Zirčica, pop. 119
In the same census, 98% of the population were
Croats
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History
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Martinska Ves was part of the
Zagreb County
Zagreb County () 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" (). According to the 2021 censu ...
of the
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
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Notable people
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Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić (1724–1787),
Roman Catholic
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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
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