Sveta_Marija

Sveta Marija

Sveta Marija

Municipality in Međimurje, Croatia

Sveta Marija (Hungarian: Muraszentmária) is a village and a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.[3] It is located in the south-eastern part of the county, near the Drava River, approximately 27 kilometres south-east of Čakovec and 11 kilometres east of Prelog, the largest and second-largest city of Međimurje County respectively.

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The municipality consists of two villages – Sveta Marija and Donji Mihaljevec.[3] It was established in 1997, prior to which the two villages belonged to the municipality of Kotoriba. In the 2011 census, the municipality had a population of 2,317, with 1,594 people living in Sveta Marija and the remaining 723 in Donji Mihaljevec at the time.[4] The majority of the population identified themselves as Croats during the census.

References

  1. [1]
    Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. [2]
    "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. [3]
    Croatian Parliament (September 25, 2015). "Zakon o područjima županija, gradova i općina u Republici Hrvatskoj". Narodne novine (in Croatian) (110/2015).
  4. [4]
    "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Sveta Marija". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.


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