Žiškovec
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Žiškovec is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in Međimurje County, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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The village is administratively part of the wider area of Čakovec
Cakovec
Čakovec is a city in northern Croatia, located around 90 kilometres north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, smallest and most densely populated Croatian county.-Population:...

, the county seat of Međimurje County, and is located around 7 kilometres north of the centre of the city. Between 1992 and 1997, it was part of the Vratišinec
Vratišinec
Vratišinec is a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.The municipality is named after its seat, the village of Vratišinec, located around 11 kilometres north of Čakovec, the county seat of Međimurje County...

 municipality. The population of Žiškovec in the 2001 census was 561.

The southern end of Žiškovec is connected with the northern end of Slemenice
Slemenice
Slemenice is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia.The village is administratively part of the wider area of Čakovec, the county seat of Međimurje County, and is located around 6 kilometres north of the centre of the city. Its population in the 2001 census was 218.The northern end of Slemenice is...

. The D209 state road goes through both villages, connecting Čakovec with Mursko Središće
Mursko Središce
Mursko Središće is the northernmost city in Croatia, located at and one of the oldest localities in Međimurje county.Mursko Središće is a city with a total population of 6,334 , and an area of...

 and Lendava
Lendava
Lendava is a town and a municipality in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is close to the border crossing with Hungary at Dolga vas-Rédics, and Hungarian is one of the official languages of the municipality, along with Slovene...

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