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Bednja is a village and municipality in Croatia in the Varaždin County (west of Lepoglava), and also a river in northern Croatia. According to the 2011 census, there are 3,992 inhabitants, the majority of Croat descent.
The Bednja is a river in northern Croatia, a right tributary of the Drava. It is long and its basin covers an area of . The Bednja rises in the mountainous forested areas near Macelj in northern Croatia, west of Trakošćan, where it also forms a lake at 255 m.a.s.l.. It flows towards the southeast until turning east near Bednja, meandering south at Novi Marof, returning to its eastward course shortly thereafter, and then turning northeast toward Ludbreg. It flows into the Drava River north of Mali Bukovec, at .