Brdovec

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

Brdovec
Municipality
Općina Brdovec
Januševec Castle
Flag
Brdovec
Location of Brdovec in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°52′N 15°46′E
CountryCroatia
CountyZagreb County
Settlements
Government
 • MayorAlen Prelec (SDP)[1]
Area
 • Total37.27 km2 (14.39 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total11,143
 • Density300/km2 (770/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes
10291, 10292
Area code01
License platesZG
Websitewww.brdovec.hr

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,[3] which were linguistically and religiously declared as:

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". Archived from the original on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  2. "Prostorno razvojne i resursne značajke: Naselja". Zagreb County Spatial Plan (in Croatian). Archived from the original on June 11, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  3. 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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