Nedelišće (;

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: ''Nedelišče'') is a

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Međimurje County Međimurje County (; ; ) is a triangle-shaped Counties of Croatia, county in the northernmost part of Croatia, roughly corresponding to the historical and geographical region of Međimurje (region), Međimurje. It is the smallest Croatian count ...

, in northern

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, and the seat of the

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of Nedelišće, which also includes 10 other villages in the south-western part of Međimurje County. Nedelišće itself is a

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an village located just outside the county seat,

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, around 3 kilometres from the city's centre. Despite not being designated as either a city or a town, Nedelišće was the third most populated

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in Međimurje County, after Čakovec and Prelog, with 4,320 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.

History

Nedelišće was first mentioned in 1226, in the Donation of the Hungarian King

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. The settlement was named after Sunday (, local

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: ''nedelja'' or ''nedela''), since the local people worship The Holy Trinity to which their

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parish is dedicated. In the

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, the place has developed into a

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consisting of fairs and crafts. Between 1570 and 1586, Nedelišće was also the seat of one of the first Croatian

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offices. The first document about the establishment of a local school originates from 1660, when Međimurje was reigned by the

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family. The local

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was founded in 1908 and is the oldest in the municipality.

Geography

The main road going through the municipality is the D3 state road, connecting it with Čakovec to the east and

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. The

D208 road D208 is a state road in Međimurje region of Croatia connecting Trnovec and nearby Trnovec border crossing to Slovenia to D3 state road in Nedelišće near Čakovec, and the road also serves as a connecting road to the A4 motorway as it ter ...

branches off of D3 road in Nedelišće and connects it with Trnovec border crossing with

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towards

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. There are also two railroads going through the municipality, one connecting Čakovec with the Slovenian town of Ormož to the west and the other one connecting the city with other Croatian cities such as

and

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to the south.

Settlements

Aside from Nedelišće itself, the municipality includes the following settlements: * Črečan, population 434 *

Dunjkovec Dunjkovec is a village located in Međimurje County, Croatia. It is situated within the municipality of Nedelišće, in the northern part of the country, near the border with Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a count ...

, population 967 *

Gornji Hrašćan Gornji Hrašćan () is a village in Međimurje County in northern Croatia. It is located six kilometres west from the county seat Čakovec, approximately halfway between the city and the Croatian-Slovenian border-crossing point in Trnovec. The vil ...

, population 910 *

Gornji Kuršanec Gornji Kuršanec () is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. It is part of the municipality of Nedelišće and had a population of 793 in the 2011 census. The village is located close to the Drava River and just over 3 kilometres from the cen ...

, population 793 * Macinec, population 585 * Parag, population 1,187 * Pretetinec, population 541 * Pušćine, population 1,289 * Slakovec, population 559 * Trnovec, population 390

Culture and sport

Nedelišće is also known as the host of some manifestations, most notably the largest annual business fair in Međimurje County, MESAP (Croatian: ''Međimurski sajam poduzetništva''), which usually takes place in June and gathers various companies from all over the county. The local sports and

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centre, ''SGC Aton'', is considered the best-equipped gymnastics centre in the north-western Croatia. The local sports teams include the

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club NK Nedelišće, who play in the Croatian Third League, and the

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

club OK Nedelišće, who play in the Second Croatian Volleyball League. File:Crkva, Nedelišće (Croatia) - pročelje.jpg, Holy Trinity Church File:Nedelišće.3.jpg, Village centre File:Aton, Nedelišće - ulaz.JPG, Aton Gymnastics Training Centre File:MESAP 2011. - štandovi (južni niz).jpg, Exhibition hall at the annual MESAP 2011 trade fair File:Dunjkovec.2.jpg,

File:Pretetinec.2.jpg, Pretetinec

References

External links

Official Web site of the Municipality of NedelišćeOfficial Web site of the volleyball club OK NedelišćeOfficial Web site of the SGC Aton
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nedelisce Populated places in Međimurje County Municipalities of Croatia