Official Name: | Sveta Marija |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Coordinates: | 46.3333°N 60°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Međimurje |
Leader Title: | Municipal mayor |
Leader Name: | Đurđica Slamek |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 23.0 |
Area Urban Km2: | 14.1 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 1990 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 1374 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 40326 Sveta Marija |
Sveta Marija (Hungarian: Muraszentmária) is a village and a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia. It is located in the south-eastern part of the county, near the Drava River, approximately 27 kilometres south-east of Čakovec and 11 kilometres east of Prelog, the largest and second-largest city of Međimurje County respectively.
The municipality consists of two villages – Sveta Marija and Donji Mihaljevec.[2] It was established in 1997, prior to which the two villages belonged to the municipality of Kotoriba. In the 2011 census, the municipality had a population of 2,317, with 1,594 people living in Sveta Marija and the remaining 723 in Donji Mihaljevec at the time. The majority of the population identified themselves as Croats during the census.