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Strahoninec
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Strahoninec
Total population
2,682
Demographic figures from Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Strahoninec is a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.
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History
Strahoninec was first mentioned in 1478 as Strahoninecz in the list of settlements belonging to the Čakovec area. In 1564, it was mentioned as Judicatus Strahonincs but in 1672, Strahoninec was mentioned as part of the Nedelišće judicatus. In 1718, it belonged to the Mihovljan judicatus, but was again mentioned as part of the Nedelišće judicatus three years later, in 1721. The first organised census in the Međimurje region was conducted in 1786. According to it, there were 44 houses in Strahoninec, accommodating 56 families and a population of 384. The census conducted in 1828 showed there were 48 houses in the village, accommodating a predominantly Roman Catholic population of 385. The name of the village in that census was Ztrahominec. It was derived from strah, the Croatian word for "fear", and minuti, which means "to pass" or "to go away". According to legend, the village got its name because the people who travelled through the area were afraid of a large forest they had to go through after crossing the Drava, but once they entered the village, their fears were gone. In the 1828 census, the hamlet of Poleve was mentioned for the first time. However, neither its population nor the number of houses were mentioned. In 1868, the hamlet was mentioned as Polevo, and was part of the village of Strahoninec and in the 1910 census, it was mentioned under the Hungarian name, Szépmajor, and had a population of 91. Strahoninec was also known by a Hungarian name, Nagyfalu, at the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1900 census, it had a population of 777. At the time, there were 724 Croats, 44 Hungarians and 8 Germans living in the village. It was part of the Čakovec district () of Zala County in the Kingdom of Hungary until the Treaty of Trianon was signed in 1920. It…
Geography
The village of Strahoninec is located next to the southern limits of Čakovec, the county seat of Međimurje County and it borders Nedelišće to the west. The total area of the municipality is 8,35 km².
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Nearby places in Međimurje
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- Mali Mihaljevec4.6 mi away · pop. 410
- Novo Selo Rok4.7 mi away · pop. 1,441
- Vučetinec4.9 mi away · pop. 610
- Dragoslavec Selo5.1 mi away · pop. 214
- Okrugli Vrh5.2 mi away · pop. 374
- Mala Subotica5.5 mi away · pop. 1,986
- Pleškovec5.8 mi away · pop. 471
- Gornji Mihaljevec5.9 mi away · pop. 283
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