Gornji Mihaljevec
Gornji Mihaljevec | |
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Municipality | |
 Church of Saint Catherine | |
  Gornji Mihaljevec Location of Gornji Mihaljevec in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 46°26′N 16°22′E / 46.433°N 16.367°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Međimurje |
| Government | |
| • Municipal mayor | Goran Lovrec (Independent) |
| Area | |
• Municipality | 32.1 km2 (12.4 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 1,740 |
| • Density | 54.2/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 233 |
| • Urban density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 40000 Čakovec |
| Website | gornjimihaljevec |
Gornji Mihaljevec (Hungarian: Felsőmihályfalva) is a village and municipality in Međimurje County, in northern Croatia.
History
The oldest archaeological finds in the Gornji Mihaljevec municipality are from the Roman period. Fragments of Roman roads were found in the villages of Preseka, Prhovec, Martinuševec and Tupkovec. These fragments are part of a road that led from Poetovio to Carnuntum.[3]
Gornji Mihaljevec was first mentioned in a charter issued in the year 1478 as Michalowecz Maius.[4] In 1789, the parish of Saint Catherine was established in Gornji Mihaljevec.[5]
In October 1931 the villages Badličan, Preseka, and Prhovec were separated from the Čakovec District and the rest of Međimurje and were placed under the authority of the Ptuj District in Drava Banovina. But only a month later, in November 1931, all three villages were again reincorporated into Međimurje.[6]
The Municipality of Gornji Mihaljevec was established in 1997.[7]
Geography
Gornji Mihaljevec is located in a part of Međimurje called Gornje Međimurje at the border with Slovenia. The village of Gornji Mihaljevec, is about 15 kilometres west from Čakovec, and some 100 kilometres north of Zagreb. The municipality covers an area of 32.15 km2.[8]
The landscape of Gornji Mihaljevec consists of low hills called Međimurske gorice, covered with vineyards, orchards and woodlands. There is a border crossing with Slovenia in the village of Preseka which connects the municipality with the village of Središče ob Dravi.[9]
Demographics
In the 2021 census, the municipality had a population of 1,740 in the following settlements:
| Village | Population[2] |
|---|---|
| Badličan | 90 |
| Bogdanovec | 115 |
| Dragoslavec Breg | 116 |
| Dragoslavec Selo | 200 |
| Gornja Dubrava | 195 |
| Gornji Mihaljevec | 233 |
| Martinuševec | 110 |
| Preseka | 63 |
| Prhovec | 112 |
| Tupkovec | 83 |
| Vugrišinec | 196 |
| Vukanovec | 227 |
| TOTAL | 1,740 |
| population | 1715 | 1431 | 1884 | 1953 | 2160 | 2336 | 2393 | 2589 | 3007 | 3003 | 2852 | 2634 | 2388 | 2227 | 2046 | 1917 | 1740 |
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
Administration
The current mayor of Gornji Mihaljevec is Goran Lovrec and the Gornji Mihaljevec Municipal Council consists of 9 seats.
| Groups | Councilors per group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independents | 7 / 9
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| HDZ | 2 / 9
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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.
- ^ Marciuš, Branka (2015). "Rimska cesta od sela Preseka do Svetog Martina na Muri u Međimurju" [Roman Road from the Village of Preseka to Sveti Martin na Muri in Međimurje]. Godišnjak zaštite spomenika kulture Hrvatske (in Croatian). 39. Ministarstvo Kulture RH. Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via HRČAK.
- ^ "8143". Hungaricana. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ "Gornji Mihaljevec kroz povijest". Općina Gornji Mihaljevec. Archived from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ Grgić, Stipica (2014). Uprava u Savskoj banovini (1929.-1939.) – između državnog centralizma I supsidijarnosti [Administration in the Sava Banovina (1929-1939) – Between state centralism and subsidiaritx] (Thesis) (in Croatian). p. 158. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ "2018 – Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia" (PDF). Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2018. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 21, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- ^ "Prostorni plan uređenja općine Gornji Mihaljevec" (in Croatian). Zavod za prostorno uređenje Međimurske Županije. October 2005. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-11-30.
- ^ "Granični prijelazi na području policijske uprave Međimurske". Policijska uprava Međimurska. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "XX. MEĐIMURSKA ŽUPANIJA" (PDF). State Election Committee of the Republic of Croatia. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
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