Legrad (Croatian pronunciation: [lěɡrad]) is a municipality in northern Croatia, located north of Koprivnica and east of Ludbreg in the Koprivnica–Križevci County.

[4] Beside the Roman Catholic majority, there are Hungarian and Croatian Lutherans that have a tradition beginning in the 16th century.

By the 17th century, Legrad was a major trading post for cattle which attracted merchants from Venice and Italy.

The highly profitable cattle trade, run by the Zrinski family, was used to finance their standing army and the defense against the Ottomans.

The development of trade and handcrafting contributed to the demographic growth, and in 1771 Legrad and neighboring villages were recorded as having as many as 6,039 inhabitants.