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Novi Marof

Town in Varaždin, Croatia

46°09′52″N 16°20′05″E / 46.164401°N 16.334642°E / 46.164401; 16.334642Country

CroatiaCounty

VaraždinGovernment

• MayorSiniša Jenkač (HDZ)Area

^[1]

• Town111.9 km² (43.2 sq mi) • Urban

3.7 km² (1.4 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Town11,795 • Density110/km² (270/sq mi) • Urban

1,810 • Urban density490/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Websitenovi-marof.hr

Novi Marof (Kajkavian: Nuovi Narof) is a town in north-western Croatia, located south of Varaždin and east of Ivanec, in Varaždin County. It lies on the intersection of state roads D3 (from south to north) and D24 (from the west) and is also connected with highway A4, state road D22 (from the east) and R201 railway.

History

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

Population

The population of the municipality is 13,246 (census 2011), distributed in the following settlements:^[3]

Bela, population 62
Donje Makojišće, population 526
Filipići, population 122
Gornje Makojišće, population 400
Grana, population 526
Jelenščak, population 213
Kamena Gorica, population 232
Ključ, population 928
Krč, population 418
Madžarevo, population 910
Možđenec, population 677
Novi Marof, population 1,956
Orehovec, population 297
Oštrice, population 452
Paka, population 81
Podevčevo, population 737
Podrute, population 421
Presečno, population 893
Remetinec, population 1,477
Strmec Remetinečki, population 511
Sudovec, population 350
Topličica, population 207
Završje Podbelsko, population 850

Town of Novi Marof: Population trends 1857–2021

population	7016	7973	8406	9688	11171	12222	12497	14028	14897	14768	14270	14364	14180	14350	13857	13246	11795
	1857	1869	1880	1890	1900	1910	1921	1931	1948	1953	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2021

Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

Notable residents

Blaženko Lacković, Croatian handball player

Culture

The town was the home of the Croatian independent record label Ill In The Head until it relocated to Canada. The town has memorial markers to:

Croatian soldiers and civilians who died or went missing during and after World War II^[4]
1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing during the Croatian War of Independence^[5]

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Novi Marof". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ Memorial marker in Novi Marof
^ 16th anniversary of the death of European observers

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Novi Marof.

Novi Marof official site (in Croatian)
Novi Marof unofficial Web portal (in Croatian)

v t e Subdivisions of Varaždin County
Cities and towns	Ivanec Lepoglava Ludbreg Novi Marof Varaždin (seat) Varaždinske Toplice	Coat of arms of Varaždin County
Municipalities	Bednja Beretinec Breznica Breznički Hum Cestica Donja Voća Gornji Kneginec Jalžabet Klenovnik Ljubešćica Mali Bukovec Martijanec Maruševec Petrijanec Sračinec Sveti Đurđ Sveti Ilija Trnovec Bartolovečki Veliki Bukovec Vidovec Vinica Visoko	Coat of arms of Varaždin County