Dekanovec

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Dekanovec

Total population

774

Land area6 km²

Coordinates46.45°, 16.58°

Demographic figures from Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Dekanovec is a village and municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia. It is by territory the smallest municipality in Croatia. It is located between Novakovec and Domašinec, around 14 kilometres north-east of Čakovec, the seat and largest city of Međimurje County. The Mura River and borders with both Hungary and Slovenia are also close to the village.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Rudolf Steiner

Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)

Sándor Farkas

(1907–1970) sculptor, medallist

István Konkoly

Hungarian Catholic priest

G

György Náray

Hungarian Catholic priest, songwriter (1645-1699).

B

Branko Zorko

Croatian middle distance runner

A

Antun Biber

S

Svetislav Stjepan Krnjak

Croatian Catholic priest, Franciscan and historian

F

Franjo Jurčec

actor

L

Lajos Major-Zala

Hungarian poet

S

Stanislav Tuksar

Croatian musicologist

J

Jože Međimurec

Slovenian athlete

Elek Séllyey

high court judge, secondary vicecomes (1788–1850)

G

György Póka

Hungarian Catholic priest (1916–1987)

L

Lajos Glavina

Hungarian land owner, politician

M

Mijo Horvat

Croatian Catholic priest, Dominican and multiinstrumentalist (1941-2005)

G

Géza Császár

Hungarian geologist (1943–2021)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Međimurje

• Gardinovec
  1.7 mi away · pop. 898
• Turčišće
  2.1 mi away · pop. 551
• Podturen
  2.2 mi away · pop. 1,365
• Držimurec
  2.9 mi away · pop. 388
• Donji Hrašćan
  3.2 mi away · pop. 547
• Palinovec
  3.6 mi away · pop. 712
• Ferketinec
  3.9 mi away · pop. 208
• Miklavec
  4.4 mi away · pop. 474
• Sveti Juraj u Trnju
  5 mi away · pop. 300
• Križovec
  5.2 mi away · pop. 631
• Novo Selo Rok
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,441
• Mala Subotica
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,986

Browse all places in Međimurje →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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