Šenkovec
Šenkovec | |
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Municipality | |
Village centre | |
Šenkovec Location of Šenkovec in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 46°25′N 16°25′E / 46.417°N 16.417°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Međimurje |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Zoran Kolar (Independent) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 9.0 km2 (3.5 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 6.9 km2 (2.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 2,708 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,336 |
| • Urban density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 40000 Čakovec |
| Area code | 040 |
| Website | senkovec |
Šenkovec (Hungarian: Szentilona) is a municipality and village in Međimurje County, Croatia, located just outside the county seat, Čakovec.
The village of Šenkovec has its own elementary school and kindergarten, as well as a sports hall and library. The pulmonology department of the Čakovec County Hospital is located in the Ksajpa neighbourhood of Šenkovec. There are two chapels in the municipality – the Holy Trinity Chapel in Šenkovec and the Saint Florian Chapel in Knezovec. The old Saint Jelena Chapel in Šenkovec is a listed building.
History
The DVD "EKO Međimurje" was founded there in 1959.[3]
Geography
The municipality of Šenkovec is located in the central part of Međimurje County and has an area of 9.18 km². It is the third smallest municipality in Međimurje County and makes up 1.26% of the total area of the County.[4]
Demographics
In the 2021 census, the municipality had a population of 2,708 in the following settlements:[2]
- Knezovec, population 372
- Šenkovec, population 2,336
The majority of inhabitants are Croats making up 98% of population.[5]
| population | 320 | 416 | 525 | 570 | 628 | 686 | 731 | 874 | 1213 | 1417 | 1637 | 1726 | 2311 | 2537 | 2770 | 2879 | 2708 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Administration
The current mayor of Šenkovec is Zoran Kolar and the Šenkovec Municipal Council consists of 13 seats.
| Groups | Councilors per group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grouping of electors | 4 / 13
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| HNS | 4 / 13
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| NPS-HSU-Social Democrats-HSS | 3 / 13
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| Grouping of electors | 1 / 13
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| SDP | 1 / 13
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Gallery
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Church of Saint Helen
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Main Street
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EKO Međimurje brick factory
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Chapel of Saint Helen
References
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ a b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Jagodin, Nikola; Runjić, Vedran (2022). "Popis vatrogasnih organizacija s datumima osnivanja" [List of Firefighting Organisations with Date of Founding]. Muzej hrvatskog vatrogastva (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2023-01-30.
- ^ "Općina Šenkovec" (in Croatian). Municipality of Šenkovec. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "Population by Ethnicity/Citizenship/Mother tongue/Religion" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ "XX. MEĐIMURSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF). State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
External links
- Official website of the Municipality of Šenkovec (in Croatian)