Brdovec

Brdovec
Municipality
Općina Brdovec
Januševec Castle

Flag
Brdovec
Location of Brdovec in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°52′N 15°46′E / 45.867°N 15.767°E / 45.867; 15.767Coordinates: 45°52′N 15°46′E / 45.867°N 15.767°E / 45.867; 15.767
Country Croatia
County Zagreb County
Settlements
Government
 • Mayor Alen Prelec[1]
Area
 • Total 37.6 km2 (14.5 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 11,143
 • Density 300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes 10291, 10292
Area code 01
License plates ZG
Website http://www.brdovec.hr

Brdovec is a municipality in the Zagreb County, Croatia. The closest town to Brdovec is neighboring Zaprešić on the east.

Demographics

According to the 2001 census, there are 10,287 inhabitants, 92% which are Croats. They live in 13 settlements:

St. Vitus Church in Brdovec

Austro-hungarian 1910 census

According to the 1910 census in Croatia, municipality of Brdovec had 4,021 inhabitants,[2] which were linguisticaly and religiously declared as this:

Municipality of Brdovec
languagereligion

total: 4,021

  Croatian 3,860 (95.99%)
  Slovene 123 (3.05%)
  Hungarian 12 (0.29%)
  Czech 5 (0.12%)
  Serbian 3 (0.07%)
  German 2 (0.04%)
  Italian 2 (0.04%)
  others 14 (0.34%)

total: 4,021

  Rom. Cathol. 4,010 (99.72%)
  Jewish 8 (0.19%)
  Eastern Orthodox 3 (0.07%)

References

  1. ↑ 2009 Elections - Results
  2. ↑ Book: "Ethnic and religious composition of population of Croatia, 1880-1991: by settlements", author: Jakov Gelo, publisher: Zagreb, Croatian bureau of statistics, 1998., ISBN 953-6667-07-X, ISBN 978-953-6667-07-9;

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