Zlatar-Bistrica is a village and municipality in northwestern Croatia, in the Krapina-Zagorje County. It lies on the crossroads of two important roads for the region, one connecting northern parts of the county with Zagreb (D29) and the other connecting Varaà ¾din and western part of the county (D24) and is also connected by R201 railway.
The present-day municipality of Zlatar Bistrica was formed by merging the hamlets of Donji Brestovec, Gornji Brestovec and GranÃÂari. The town, along with the settlements, was formed around the newly created railway station on the Zagreb-Varaà ¾din railway in 1911. The station, and thus the settlement located nearby, got its name from the combination of the two nearest larger towns between which it is located â Zlatar and Marija Bistrica.
From 1962 until 1991 Zlatar Bistrica was the largest municipality in Hrvatsko Zagorje with approximately 33,000 inhabitants. The municipal seat was located in the center of Zlatar Bistrica, and the municipality itself included the present-day towns and municipalities of Budinà ¡ÃÂina, Hraà ¡ÃÂina, Konjà ¡ÃÂina, Lobor, Mihovljan, Novi Golubovec, MaÃÂe, Zlatar and Zlatar Bistrica.
In the 2021 census, the municipality had a total population of 2,308 inhabitants, in the following settlements:
The current mayor of Zlatar-Bistrica is Draà ¾en Mikulec (SDP) and the Zlatar-Bistrica Municipal Council consists of 9 seats.