Gornji Kneginec | |
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Municipality | |
 Flag | |
  Gornji Kneginec Location of Gornji Kneginec in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 46°15′0″N 16°22′12″E / 46.25000°N 16.37000°E / 46.25000; 16.37000 | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Varaždin County |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Goran Kaniški (HDZ) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 22.2 km2 (8.6 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 4,900 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,430 |
| • Urban density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 42204 Turčin |
| Area code | +385 (0)42 |
| Website | kneginec |
Gornji Kneginec is a village and municipality in Croatia in Varaždin County.
The municipality is home to a monument to Croatian soldiers killed by Yugoslav Partisans in World War II and its aftermath.[3]
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, there are 4,900 inhabitants, in the following settlements:[4]
- Donji Kneginec, population 650;
- Gornji Kneginec, population 1,430;
- Lužan Biškupečki, population 356;
- Turčin, population 803;
- Varaždin Breg, population 1,661.
The majority of inhabitants are Croats, making up 98.22% of the population.[5]
Gornji Kneginec: Population trends 1857–2021
| population | 1512 | 1673 | 1752 | 2101 | 2416 | 1832 | 1960 | 3278 | 3893 | 4067 | 4275 | 4416 | 4787 | 4977 | 5259 | 5349 | 4900 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Administration
The current municipal mayor of Gornji Kneginec is Goran Kaniški (HDZ) and the Gornji Kneginec Municipal Council consists of 13 seats.
| Groups | Councilors per group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HDZ | 8 / 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SDP | 2 / 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DKS-HSS BRAĆE RADIĆ-SUS | 2 / 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HNS-HSU-Independents-HDSS | 1 / 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source:[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- Najnovije vijesti - 31.10.2008
- "Gornji Kneginec (Municipality, Varaždin, Croatia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
- "Population by Ethnicity/Citizenship/Mother tongue/Religion" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- "V. VARAŽDINSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF). State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
External links
- Gornji Kneginec Archived 2017-06-26 at the Wayback Machine