Novi Marof

Novi Marof
City
Center of Novi Marof Center of Novi Marof
Novi Marof
Coordinates:
Country	Croatia
County	Varaždin County
Government
• Mayor	Darko Hrenić (HNS)
Population (2011)
• Total	13,246 (municipality)
• Town itself	1,956

Novi Marof (Kajkavian: Nuovi Narof) is a town in north-western Croatia, located south of Varaždin and east of Ivanec, in the Varaždin County.

The population of the municipality is 13,246 (census 2011), distributed in the following settlements:

• Bela, population 62
• Donje Makojišće, population 526
• Filipići, population 122
• Gornje Makojišće, population 400
• Grana, population 526
• Jelenščak, population 213
• Kamena Gorica, population 232
• Ključ, population 928
• Krč, population 418
• Madžarevo, population 910
• Možđenec, population 677
• Novi Marof, population 1,956
• Orehovec, population 297
• Oštrice, population 452
• Paka, population 81
• Podevčevo, population 737
• Podrute, population 421
• Presečno, population 893
• Remetinec, population 1,477
• Strmec Remetinečki, population 511
• Sudovec, population 350
• Topličica, population 207
• Završje Podbelsko, population 850

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Novi Marof was a district capital in the Varaždin County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Notable residents

• Blaženko Lacković, Croatian handball player

Culture

The town has memorial markers to:

• Croatian soldiers and civilians who died or went missing during and after World War II
• 1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing during the Croatian War of Independence

External links

• Novi Marof official site (Croatian)
• Novi Marof unofficial Web portal (Croatian)