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Sveta Marija

Municipality in Međimurje, Croatia

46°20′N 16°44′E / 46.333°N 16.733°E / 46.333; 16.733Country

CroatiaCountyMeđimurjeGovernment

• Municipal mayorĐurđica SlamekArea

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• Municipality23.0 km² (8.9 sq mi) • Urban

14.1 km² (5.4 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

• Municipality1,990 • Density87/km² (220/sq mi) • Urban

1,374 • Urban density97/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

40326 Sveta Marija

Websitesvetamarija.hr

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.

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

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Croatian Parliament (September 25, 2015). "Zakon o područjima županija, gradova i općina u Republici Hrvatskoj". Narodne novine (in Croatian) (110/2015).
^ "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.