Kutina is a town in central
Croatia
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, the largest settlement in the hilly region of
Moslavina, 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 ...
. The town proper has a population of 13,735 (2011), while the total municipal population is 22,760.
The settlement of Kutina was first mentioned in the historical records in 1256.
It is the industrial center of the region with
petrochemical industry
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Comp ...
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Petrokemija d.d., electronic components production – SELK d.d., and a variety of smaller entrepreneurships.
There is a long mass-media tradition in Kutina, with Moslavački list
ocal newspaperand Radio Moslavina
ocal radio station The initial headquarters of the
Nezavisna Televizija (NeT), a regional commercial TV station, were stationed in Voloder near Kutina.
Kutina is widely known for its active youth scene and the alternative-oriented club Baraka.
The main attractions are
Lonjsko polje nature park, baroque
fortress church of Saint Mary of the Snow, old wooden houses called Trijem (eng. Porch) or Čardak, hills of Moslavina with ruins of medieval "burgs".
A special attraction are the Wine roads of
Moslavina, where a visitor can take a sip of Croatian and regional genuine wine Škrlet (Skrlet).
The settlements in the administrative area are:
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Banova Jaruga
Banova Jaruga is a village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ...
, population 665
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Batina
Batina ( hu, Kiskőszeg) is a port village on the right bank of the Danube in Baranja, Croatia. Its elevation is 105 m. Administratively, it is located in the Draž municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County.
Geography
Batina is locate ...
, population 205
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Brinjani, population 253
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Čaire, population 33
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Gojlo, population 377
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Husain, population 971
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Ilova, population 821
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Jamarica, population 410
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Janja Lipa, population 206
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Katoličke Čaire, population 232
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Kletište, population 116
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Krajiška Kutinica, population 73
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Kutinica, population 58
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Kutinska Slatina, population 578
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Međurić, population 485
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Mikleuška, population 140
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Mišinka, population 116
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Repušnica, population 1,838
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Selište, population 282
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Stupovača, population 440
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Šartovac, population 383
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Zbjegovača, population 346
History
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Kutina was a district capital in the
Bjelovar-Križevci County of the
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
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Sister city
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Mátranovák –
Hungary
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2012
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Notable people born in Kutina
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Dubravka Ugrešić
Dubravka Ugrešić (; born 27 March 1949) is a Yugoslav and later Croatian writer. A graduate of University of Zagreb, she has been based in Amsterdam since 1996 and refuses to identify as a Croatian writer.
Early life and education
Ugreši ...
– Croatian writer, winner of 2010
Tiptree Award
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, 2000
Heinrich Mann Prize
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, and 1988
NIN Prize, among others.
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Franjo Mihalić – Yugoslav long-distance runner, Olympic silver medalist in marathon and cross country World champion
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Dane Korica – long-distance runner who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Matija Vražić Sraz - professional League of Legends flamer and feeder (bronze since 1994.)
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Marijana Petir - Croatian politician, a
Member of the European Parliament
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Kutina
Cities and towns in Croatia
Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County
Bjelovar-Križevci County