Hlebine is a municipality in Koprivnica-Križevci County in Croatia. It consists of two villages, Hlebine and Gabajeva Greda.
Hlebine | |
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 Hlebine | |
| Coordinates: 46°09′14″N 16°57′58″E / 46.15389°N 16.96611°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Koprivnica-Križevci |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30.7 km2 (11.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,180 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | hlebine |
Population
Its population is earns its living primarily from agricultural production. The population has been decreasing continuously for a number of years. As of 2001, Hlebine had 1470 inhabitants with the overwhelming majority being Croats.
History
Hlebine is first mentioned 1671 as a village in the Drnje parish. It became an independent parish in the 18th century. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Hlebine was part of the Bjelovar-Križevci County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. It was a part of Koprivnica county until 1993. Hlebine is also an important city for Croatian art, and is a center of Croatian naive art. It is a birth town of Franjo Mraz, Krsto Hegedušić, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić and Franjo Gaži. To Hlebine naive painting movement belonged also Mirko Virius, dead in camp at Zemun around 1943.