Novigrad Podravski is a
village
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and a municipality in the
Koprivnica-Križevci County
Koprivnica-Križevci County ( ; ) is a county in Northern Croatia. Its hyphenated name comes from two entities: the two of its largest cities, Koprivnica and Križevci; Koprivnica is the official capital of the county.
The county also include ...
in
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
.
In the 2011 census, there were a total of 2,872 inhabitants.
Croats
The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...
formed a majority at 94.5%.
History
In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Novigrad Podravski was part of the
Bjelovar-Križevci County
The Bjelovar-Križevci County (; ) was a historic administrative subdivision of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was an autonomous kingdom within the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen (Transleithania), the Hungarian part of th ...
of the
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (; or ; ) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was created in 1868 by merging the kingdoms of Kingdom of Croatia (Habs ...
.
Demographics
In 2021, the municipality had 2,300 residents in the following 7 settlements:
*
Borovljani, population 187
*
Delovi
Delovi is a village in Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serb ...
, population 169
*
Javorovac, population 57
*Novigrad Podravski, population 1577
*
Plavšinac, population 126
*
Srdinac, population 16
*
Vlaislav, population 168
Religion
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodox Church#Constit ...
of
Lazarus of the Four Days was built in the village of
Plavšinac in 1758.
Its
iconostasis
In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis () is a wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a Church (building), church. ''Iconostasis'' also refers to a portable icon stand that can be placed anywhere withi ...
was painted by the
Montenegrin painter Atanas Bocarić.
Two of its icons are exhibited in the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Zagreb.
Due to its cultural and architectural features building is classified as a protected cultural property.
References
Municipalities of Croatia
Populated places in Koprivnica-Križevci County
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