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Radoboj

Radoboj
Radoboj is located in Krapina-Zagorje County
Radoboj
Radoboj is located in Croatia
Radoboj
Coordinates: 46°09′59.04″N 15°55′24.96″E / 46.1664000°N 15.9236000°E / 46.1664000; 15.9236000
Country  Croatia
County Krapina-Zagorje County

Radoboj is a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia. In the 2011 census, the total population was 3,387, in the following settlements:

In the 2011 census, 99.0% of the population were Croats.

Radoboj is particularly famous as a major fossil site. During the 19th Century a large number of fossils from the Miocene were excavated here. Especially notable are the well preserved insects fossils which were described by the Swiss palaeontologist Oswald Heer. Most of this type material is currently in Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, there is also considerable material from Radoboj in the Natural History Museum in Zagreb.



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