Ivanec


Ivanec is a town in northern Croatia, located southwest of Varaždin, east of Lepoglava and north of the mountain Ivanščica.

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Ivanec was a district capital in Varaždin County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Population

In the 2011 census, the population of the municipality was 13,765, in the following settlements:
  • Bedenec, population 732
  • Cerje Tužno, population 182
  • Gačice, population 355
  • Gečkovec, population 116
  • Horvatsko, population 173
  • Ivanec, population 5,234
  • Ivanečka Željeznica, population 253
  • Ivanečki Vrhovec, population 307
  • Ivanečko Naselje, population 237
  • Jerovec, population 827
  • Kaniža, population 287
  • Knapić, population 62
  • Lančić, population 299
  • Lovrečan, population 490
  • Lukavec, population 141
  • Margečan, population 384
  • Osečka, population 220
  • Pece, population 81
  • Prigorec, population 531
  • Punikve, population 445
  • Radovan, population 372
  • Ribić Breg, population 145
  • Salinovec, population 512
  • Seljanec, population 223
  • Stažnjevec, population 340
  • Škriljevec, population 247
  • Vitešinec, population 96
  • Vuglovec, population 333
  • Željeznica, population 134

    Governance

Representatives of Ivanec at the Croatian Parliament:
  • Hinko Francisci

    Sports

The local chapter of the HPS is HPD "Ivančica", which had 39 members in 1936 under the Albert Špiler presidency. At one point, it had both a ski section and a photography section, but they were abandoned in 1935. Membership rose to 47 in 1937. Membership fell to 44 in 1938 under the new president Đuro Radačić.

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