Sveta Nedelja, Zagreb County
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Sveta Nedelja or, until 1991, Sveta Nedjelja () is a town in
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,
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. It is one of the provincial
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's
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Geography

Sveta Nedelja is situated west of
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near the town of
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. It has an exit on the A3 motorway, which passes northwest-southeast through the town, and
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Street going east-west towards the Podsused Bridge.


Population

In the Croatian census of 2011, the total population of the Town of Sveta Nedelja was 18,059, divided into 14 settlements: * Bestovje, population 2,402 * Brezje, population 1,506 * Jagnjić Dol, population 486 * Kalinovica, population 385 * Kerestinec, population 1,433 * Mala Gorica, population 623 * Novaki, population 2,091 * Orešje, population 1,043 * Rakitje, population 2,301 * Srebrnjak, population 128 * Strmec, population 3,907 * Sveta Nedelja, population 1,338 * Svetonedeljski Breg, population 177 * Žitarka, population 239


Administration

Town government, health-service, post office are the part of infrastructure of Sveta Nedelja. Head of the Town government is a Mayor (current mayor is Dario Zurovec) with head town administration.


Economy

Rimac Automobili Rimac Automobili (, ) is a Croatian automotive manufacturer headquartered in Sveta Nedelja, Zagreb County, Sveta Nedelja, Croatia, that develops and produces electric car, electric sports cars. Its sister company, Rimac Technology (part of the R ...
has its headquarters in the town. It is also the wealthiest municipality in Zagreb County and one of the wealthiest municipalities in the country and with most registered small enterprises in the country. In May 2020, the city of Sveta Nedelja, in cooperation with the Croatian cryptocurrency company Electrocoin, became one of the first cities in the world to enable cryptocurrency payments for municipal services.


Monuments and sightseeing

There are several monuments and buildings for sightseers in the Town of Sveta Nedelja: *Baroquesqe
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parish church and parish house in Sveta Nedelja *The old parish house "Crkvenjak" in Sveta Nedelja *St. Rocco Chapel in Sveta Nedelja *Medieval Erdödy Castle in Kerestinec *Old mansions in Brezje and Rakitje *Baroquesqe St. Andrew chapel in Novaki *St. Mary Magdalena chapel in Mala Gorica *Monument to the victims of communist crimes


Education

Primary education in Sveta Nedelja is covered by two elementary schools: the Sveta Nedelja Elementary School in Sveta Nedelja and the Vladimir Deščak Elementary School in Novaki. Sveta Nedelja Elementary School also has two branch offices in Kerestinec and Strmec. Another branch office is located in Rakov Potok in the
Samobor Samobor () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area. Administratively it is a part of Zagreb County. Geography Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samobor hills (), the eas ...
municipal area. A new elementary school in Strmec is planned in the near future.


Culture

Local Klapa Barun organizes annual Klapa meetings in Sveta Nedelja () with different host-locations every year.


Notable people

* Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić (1724–1787) –
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priest, mathematician, writer, and musical theorist primarily known for writing the first Croatian arithmetic textbook, (published in Zagreb, 1758)


References


External links


Town of Sveta Nedelja Official website

Sveta Nedelja live news portal
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