Novo Selo Rok ( hu, Rókusújfalu) is a

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Međimurje County Međimurje County (; hr, Međimurska županija ; hu, Muraköz megye) 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), ...

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. The village is administratively part of the wider area of

Čakovec Čakovec (; hu, Csáktornya; la, Aquama; german: Tschakathurn) is a city in northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, sm ...

, the county seat of Međimurje County, and is located around 4 kilometres from the centre of the city. Its population in the 2011 census was 1,441.

History

The history of the village began in 1681, during an epidemic of

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, which devastated the entire Međimurje region. The faithful people fled to the protection of

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, building a chapel on the then deserted hill and naming it in his honour in 1686. The chapel was expanded during the 1750s.A short history of the Saint Roch Chapel in Novo Selo Rok
In the 1857 census, the village had a population of 168. At the time, it was known as ''Jánosfalu'' in Hungarian, while its Croatian name was ''Janko Selo''. By the 1910s, it was predominantly populated by

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and had a population of 498 in the 1910 census. It was part of the Čakovec district ( hu, Csáktornyai járás) of

Zala County Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county (comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia (Lendava ...

in the

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. In 1920, when the

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was signed, the village became part of the

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. Its official name in the censuses between 1921 and 1948 was ''Novo Selo''. In 1941, it became part of

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again, as the entire Međimurje region was annexed by the Hungarians until 1945. After

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, it became part of

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within the

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. The name ''Novo Selo-Rok'' was first mentioned as the official name of the village in the 1953 census, while the

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was first removed from the name in the 1981 census. By the 1960s, the population of the village grew to over 1,000.

Transportation

There is a small train station in the western part of the village, on the railroad that connects Čakovec with

Mursko Središće Mursko Središće ( hu, Muraszerdahely, Kajkavian: ''Mursko Središče'') is the northernmost town in Croatia, located at ( alt. 175 m) and one of the oldest localities in Međimurje County. Mursko Središće has a total population of 6,307, and ...

and

Lendava Lendava (; formerly ''Dolnja Lendava'', in older sources also ''Dolenja Lendava''; hu, Lendva, formerly ''Alsólendva''; german: Lindau, formerly ''Unter-Limbach'') is a town in Slovenia in the region of Prekmurje. It is the seat of the Municip ...

. The main road going through the village connects Čakovec with

Podturen Podturen ( hu, Bottornya) is a village and a municipalities of Croatia, municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia. The population of the municipality in the 2011 census was 3,873. The majority of the population are Croats. The municipality consi ...

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Međimurje County