Lekenik


Lekenik is a village and a municipality in central Croatia, located between Sisak and Velika Gorica in the lowland region of Turopolje.
Norman Jewison chose Lekenik to represent Anatevka for the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof, after visiting other sites in Austria, Canada, and Romania. The film ends with the credit: "Our thanks to the people of the villages of Lekenik and Mala Gorica and the city of Zagreb, Yugoslavia."
It is well known in Croatia for hosting two SOS Children's Villages.

Population

In the 2011 census, the total population of Lekenik municipality was 6,032 people, in the following settlements:
In the same census, an absolute majority were Croats at 97%.

Climate

Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the Vukojevac weather station was, on 6 August 2012. The coldest temperature was, on 12 January 1985.

Media

—Local radio station.

Dialectology

Category:Populated [places in Sisak-Moslavina County]
Category:Municipalities of Croatia