Bednja

Bednja is a village and municipality in Croatia in Varaždin County (west of Lepoglava), and also a river in northern Croatia.

According to the 2011 census, there are a total of 3,992 inhabitants, in the following settlements:
 * Bednja, population 677
 * Benkovec, population 234
 * Brezova Gora, population 69
 * Cvetlin, population 283
 * Jamno, population 86
 * Jazbina Cvetlinska, population 337
 * Ježovec, population 305
 * Mali Gorenec, population 109
 * Meljan, population 148
 * Osonjak, population 47
 * Pašnik, population 65
 * Pleš, population 261
 * Podgorje Bednjansko, population 20
 * Prebukovje, population 97
 * Purga Bednjanska, population 119
 * Rinkovec, population 284
 * Sveti Josip, population 3
 * Šaša, population 111
 * Šinkovica Bednjanska, population 121
 * Šinkovica Šaška, population 111
 * Trakošćan, population 18
 * Veliki Gorenec, population 50
 * Vranojelje, population 131
 * Vrbno, population 267
 * Vrhovec Bednjanski, population 39

The majority of the population is of Croat descent.