Žumberak, Zagreb County
Žumberak is a village and a municipality in Croatia in the Zagreb County. According to the 2011 census, there are 883 inhabitants, 98% of which are Croats. Žumberak municipality covers an area of. The municipal centre is located in the village of Kostanjevac.
Žumberak together with the Samobor Mountains form a nature park. Žumberak is a karst area with beech and chestnut forests. Many residents of Žumberak at the end of the 19th century immigrated to Slovenia, Austria and Germany because of grapevine phylloxera. Nowadays, rural tourism, wine production and viticulture have developed in Žumberak.
Population
In 2021, the municipality had 609 residents in the following 35 settlements:- Cernik, population 5
- Donji Oštrc, population 43
- Drašći Vrh, population 17
- Glušinja, population 14
- Gornji Oštrc, population 36
- Grgetići, population 0
- Grič, population 7
- Hartje, population 27
- Javor, population 7
- Jezernice, population 0
- Jurkovo Selo, population 54
- Kalje, population 13
- Kordići Žumberački, population 4
- Kostanjevac, population 100
- Kupčina Žumberačka, population 22
- Markušići, population 2
- Mrzlo Polje Žumberačko, population 23
- Petričko Selo, population 13
- Plavci, population 0
- Radinovo Brdo, population 4
- Reštovo Žumberačko, population 13
- Sopote, population 6
- Sošice, population 54
- Stari Grad Žumberački, population 4
- Stupe, population 19
- Tomaševci, population 6
- Tupčina, population 32
- Veliki Vrh, population 6
- Visoće, population 15
- Višći Vrh, population 4
- Vlašić Brdo, population 0
- Vukovo Brdo, population 9
- Žamarija, population 14
- Željezno Žumberačko, population 27
- Žumberak, population 9