Geography

Sveti Ivan Zelina is north-east from Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, connected: by A4

A4 (Croatia)

The A4 motorway is a motorway in Croatia spanning . It connects the nation's capital, Zagreb, to the city of Varaždin and to Budapest, Hungary via the Goričan border crossing. The motorway represents a major north–south transportation corridor in Croatia and is a part of European routes E65...

 highway (Zagreb - Sv.Helena), then state road Sv.Helena - Sveti Ivan Zelina,

Population

In the 2011 Croatian census, the total population of the administrative territory of Sveti Ivan Zelina was 15,990, divided in the following settlements:

• Banje Selo, population 106
• Berislavec, population 46
• Biškupec Zelinski
  Biškupec Zelinski
  Biškupec Zelinski is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway....
  
  , population 985
• Blaškovec
  Blaškovec
  Blaškovec is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway....
  
  , population 576
• Blaževdol
  Blaževdol
  Blaževdol is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway....
  
  , population 439
• Breg Mokrički, population 46
• Brezovec Zelinski, population 173
• Bukevje, population 83
• Bukovec Zelinski, population 414
• Bunjak, population 133
• Curkovec, population 87
• Črečan, population 167
• Donja Drenova, population 313
• Donja Topličica, population 68
• Donja Zelina
  Donja Zelina
  Donja Zelina is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway....
  
  , population 839
• Donje Orešje
  Donje Orešje
  Donje Orešje is a village in Croatia. It is located in the Sveti Ivan Zelina municipality, which is part of the Zagreb County....
  
  , population 503
• Donje Psarjevo, population 312
• Dubovec Bisaški
  Dubovec Bisaški
  Dubovec Bisaški is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway....
  
  , population 85
• Filipovići
  Filipovići
  Filipovići is a village in the municipality of Loznica, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 177 people....
  
  , population 71
• Goričanec, population 77
• Goričica
  Goričica
  Goričica is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway....
  
  , population 366
• Gornja Drenova
  Gornja Drenova
  Gornja Drenova is a village in Croatia....
  
  , population 318
• Gornja Topličica, population 157
• Gornje Orešje, population 253
• Gornje Psarjevo, population 466
• Gornji Vinkovec, population 66
• Hrastje
  Hrastje
  Hrastje is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway....
  
  , population 193
• Hrnjanec, population 415
• Kalinje, population 236
• Keleminovec, population 117
• Kladešćica
  Kladešćica
  Kladešćica is a naselje in the Town of Sveti Ivan Zelina in Zagreb County, Croatia. Its population depends on only two male inhabitants , making it close to a ghost town. It is thus the smallest inhabited settlement in Zagreb County....
  
  , population 0
• Komin
  Komin
  Komin is a small town in Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia on the river Neretva. It has a population of about 1300 people.At one time a hoard of 300,000 ancient coins was found here....
  
  , population 253
• Krečaves, population 257
• Križevčec, population 103
• Laktec, population 173
• Majkovec, population 194
• Marinovec Zelinski, population 71
• Mokrica Tomaševečka, population 40
• Nespeš
  Nespeš
  Nespeš is a village in Croatia....
  
  , population 342
• Novakovec Bisaški, population 30
• Novo Mjesto, population 147
• Obrež Zelinski, population 65
• Paukovec
  Paukovec
  Paukovec is a village in Croatia....
  
  , population 339
• Polonje
  Polonje
  Polonje is a village in Croatia....
  
  , population 335
• Polonje Tomaševečko, population 42
• Prepolno, population 71
• Pretoki
  Pretoki
  Pretoki is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D3 highway....
  
  , population 291
• Radoišće, population 249
• Salnik, population 72
• Selnica Psarjevačka, population 217
• Suhodol Zelinski, population 99
• Sveta Helena
  Sveta Helena
  Sveta Helena is a naselje in the town of Sveti Ivan Zelina in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is best known for the highway interchange of A4 highway and B28 expressway it houses. It has 366 inhabitants....
  
  , population 366
• Sveti Ivan Zelina, population 2,749
• Šalovec, population 169
• Šulinec, population 214
• Šurdovec, population 33
• Tomaševec, population 198
• Velika Gora, population 82
• Vukovje Zelinsko, population 88
• Zadrkovec, population 214
• Zrinšćina, population 126
• Žitomir
  Žitomir
  Žitomir is a village in Zagreb County, Croatia. Administratively, it is a part of town Sveti Ivan Zelina....
  
  , population 192

Culture

The wine-house is at the central square of Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Sveti Ivan Zelina is home to memorials to soldiers from the Croatian War of Independence

Croatian War of Independence

The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...

, as well as to members of the Croatian Home Guard

Croatian Home Guard

Croatian Home Guard or also, known as the "Homeland Defenders," was the name used for the armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia which existed during World War II.- Formation :...

.