Ivanec is a town in northern Croatia, located southwest of Varaždin, east of Lepoglava and north of the mountain Ivanščica.
History In the late 19th and early 20th century, Ivanec was a district capital in Varaždin County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
Population
In the 2011 census, the population of the municipality was 13,765, in the following settlements:
Bedenec, population 732 Cerje Tužno, population 182 Gačice, population 355 Gečkovec, population 116 Horvatsko, population 173 Ivanec, population 5,234 Ivanečka Željeznica, population 253 Ivanečki Vrhovec, population 307 Ivanečko Naselje, population 237 Jerovec, population 827 Kaniža, population 287 Knapić, population 62 Lančić, population 299 Lovrečan, population 490 Lukavec, population 141 Margečan, population 384 Osečka, population 220 Pece, population 81 Prigorec, population 531 Punikve, population 445 Radovan, population 372 Ribić Breg, population 145 Salinovec, population 512 Seljanec, population 223 Stažnjevec, population 340 Škriljevec, population 247 Vitešinec, population 96 Vuglovec, population 333 Željeznica, population 134
Governance Representatives of Ivanec at the Croatian Parliament: Hinko Francisci (1887–1906)
Sports The local chapter of the HPS is HPD "Ivančica", which had 39 members in 1936 under the Albert Špiler presidency. At one point, it had both a ski section and a photography section, but they were abandoned in 1935. Membership rose to 47 in 1937. Membership fell to 44 in 1938 under the new president Đuro Radačić.
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External links
ivanec.biz