Gornja Rijeka is a municipality

Municipality

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 in the Koprivnica-Križevci County

Koprivnica-Križevci County

Koprivnica-Križevci County is a county in northern Croatia. Its hyphenated name comes from two entities: the two of its largest cities, Koprivnica and Križevci....

 in Croatia

Croatia

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According to the 2001 census, there are 2,035 inhabitants in the area, with Croats

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 forming an absolute majority.
Inhabitants are very proud of their nobility that was given to some of them by King Bela IV (although, nobility was not given to inhabitants of Gornja Rijeka itself but to inhabitants of some nearby villages like Dropkovec, Vojnovec, Hizanovec, etc., and nobiles are locally known as 'slivari').
In the 19th century Countess Sidonija Rubido Erdody started primary schooling in Gornja Rijeka by initiating building a new school. Today the primary school in Gornja Rijeka carries her name.

According to 2001 Croatian census 2.035 people live in 14 naselja:

• Barlabaševec - 22
• Deklešanec - 141
• Donja Rijeka - 241
• Dropkovec
  Dropkovec
  Dropkovec is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D22 highway....
  
   - 193
• Fajerovec - 100
• Fodrovec Riječki - 86
• Gornja Rijeka (settlement) - 383
• Kolarec - 184
• Kostanjevec Riječki - 285
• Lukačevec - 25
• Nemčevec - 29
• Pofuki - 221
• Štrigovec - 42
• Vukšinec Riječki - 83

Notable people

• Sidonija Rubido
  Sidonija Rubido
  Countess Sidonija Rubido Erdödy was Croatia's first opera primadonna and an important member of the Illyrian movement.- Origins :The Rubido family of Madrid originated in Castile, where they were ennobled in the 12th century...
  
   - Croatian
  Croats
  Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
  
  musicians