Klanjec

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Klanjec

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Klanjec 01.JPG

| image_caption = View of Klanjec

| pushpin_map = Croatia Krapina-Zagorje County#Croatia

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Klanjec in Croatia

| coordinates = {{coord|46|2|48|N|15|44|10|E|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Croatia}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = File:Flag of Krapina-Zagorje-County.svg Krapina-Zagorje

| leader_party = SDP

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Zlatko Brlek

| area_footnotes = {{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}

| area_total_km2 = 25.6

| area_urban_km2 = 1.7

| population_footnotes = {{Croatian Census 2021|S}}

| population_as_of = 2021

| population_total = 2548

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 506

| population_density_urban_km2 = auto

| timezone = Central European Time

| utc_offset = +1

| website = {{URL|klanjec.hr}}

| image_map =

}}

Klanjec ({{IPA|hr|klǎːɲet͡s}}) is a small town in northwestern Croatia, in the region of Hrvatsko Zagorje on the border with Slovenia.

History

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

Population

The population of Klanjec is 567, but there are 2,543 people in the municipality (census 2021).{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} The absolute majority were Croats at 98.8%.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

{{Croatian population data graph |popisi=HRV |upisano=2022-06-04 |područje=Town of Klanjec |p1857=3006 |p1869=3163 |p1880=3329 |p1890=3730 |p1900=3969 |p1910=4153 |p1921=3954 |p1931=4129 |p1948=4221 |p1953=4225 |p1961=3813 |p1971=3806 |p1981=3681 |p1991=3537 |p2001=3234 |p2011=2915 |p2021=2548}}

Settlements

The list of settlements is as follows:{{Croatian Census 2011|S|02|1872}}

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Sports

In mountaineering, its HPS chapter, HPD "Cesargrad", was founded on 11 November 1937.{{cite magazine |date=1938 |orig-date=1938-05-05 |first=Josip |last=Plaček |title=Izvještaj tajnika |pages=222–254 |magazine=Hrvatski planinar |issn=0354-0650 |volume=34 |issue=7–8 |url=https://www.hps.hr/hp-arhiva/193807.pdf |language=hr}}{{rp|225}}

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Croatia}}

=Twin towns – Sister cities=

Klanjec is twinned with:

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal|url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/236074|title=Klanjec – život u 19. stoljeću|trans-title=Klanjec – Life in the 19th Century|last=Krpan Smiljanec|first=Marina|journal=Historijski zbornik|volume=72|issue=1|date=March 2019|pages=63–90|language=hr|format=PDF|access-date=21 July 2020}}