Vukojevac is a village in the region of
Turopolje
Turopolje () is a region in Croatia situated between the capital city Zagreb and Sisak. The administrative center of the region Turopolje is the town of Velika Gorica.
Geography
Turopolje forms a part of Posavina, a region to the south of Za ...
south of
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...
, the capital of
Croatia
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. It is situated on the eastern slopes of the Vukomeričke gorice hills and about halfway between Zagreb and
Sisak
Sisak (; hu, Sziszek ; also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Croatia, spanning the confluence of the Kupa, Sava and Odra rivers, southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb, and is usually considered to be where the Posavin ...
adjacent to the road that connected the ancient Roman towns of
Poetovio and
Siscia. The village is divided into Gornji Vukojevac (Upper Vukojevac) with 75 residents and Donji Vukojevac (Lower Vukojevac) with 468 residents (2001). It is part of the
Lekenik
Lekenik is a village and a municipality in central Croatia, located between Sisak and Velika Gorica in the lowland region of Turopolje.
Norman Jewison chose Lekenik to represent Anatevka for the 1971 film '' Fiddler on the Roof'', after visiti ...
municipality of the
Sisak-Moslavina County
Sisak-Moslavina County ( hr, Sisačko-moslavačka županija) is a Croatian Counties of Croatia, county in eastern Central Croatia and southwestern Slavonia. It is named after the city of Sisak and the region Moslavina just across the river Sava. ...
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Populated places in Sisak-Moslavina County
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