Sveta Nedelja, Zagreb County

Sveta Nedelja
Sveta Nedelja
Town
	Grad Sveta Nedelja; Town of Sveta Nedelja
	View of Sveta Nedelja
	Coat of arms
	Sveta Nedelja Location of Sveta Nedelja in Croatia
	Coordinates: 45°47′N 15°47′E / 45.79°N 15.78°E
Country	Croatia
County	Zagreb
Government
• Mayor	Dario Zurovec (Fokus)
• City Council	15 members
Area
• Town	39.8 km2 (15.4 sq mi)
• Urban	2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Population (2021)
• Town	18,221
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Urban	1,363
• Urban density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	10431
Area code	01
Vehicle registration	ZG
Website	grad-svetanedelja.hr

Sveta Nedelja or, until 1991, Sveta Nedjelja (lit. 'Holy Sunday' or 'Saint Kyriaki') is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is one of the provincial satellite towns in Zagreb's metropolitan region.

Geography

Sveta Nedelja is situated west of Zagreb near the town of Samobor. It has an exit on the A3 motorway, which passes northwest-southeast through the town, and Franjo Tuđman 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:^[3]

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 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.^{[citation needed]}

Monuments and sightseeing

There are several monuments and buildings for sightseers in the Town of Sveta Nedelja:

Baroquesqe Holy Trinity 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^[4]

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 municipal area. A new elementary school in Strmec is planned in the near future.

Culture

Local Klapa Barun organizes^[5] annual Klapa meetings in Sveta Nedelja (Croatian: Klape u Svetoj Nedelji; Susret klapa u Svetoj Nedelji) with different host-locations every year.^[6]

Notable people

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