Rasinja is a settlement and an eponymous municipality in northern Croatia in Koprivnica–Križevci County, located halfway between Koprivnica and Ludbreg.

Rasinja
Rasinja is located in Croatia
Rasinja
Location of Rasinja in Croatia
Coordinates: 46°11′06″N 16°42′00″E / 46.185°N 16.7°E / 46.185; 16.7

PopulationEdit

The municipality's total population is 3,267 (2011 census), in the following settlements:[1]

HistoryEdit

In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Rasinja was part of Varaždin County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

ReligionEdit

Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint George in the village of Veliki Poganac was built in 1722 and its bell tower was erected in 1751.[2] Adjacent parochial house was built in 1879.[2] Church's iconostasis was erected and painted in 1779.[2] Church was declared protected cultural heritage of the Republic of Croatia in 1965.[2]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Rasinja". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Cetina, Nikola (June 2010). "Hram setog velikomučenika Georgija u Velikom Pogancu". Identitet (in Serbian). Zagreb: Serb Democratic Forum (147).