Sveta Marija is a village and a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.[1] 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.[1] It was established in 1997, prior to which the two villages belonged to the municipality of Kotoriba. In the 2001 census, the municipality had a population of 2,433, with 1,690 people living in Sveta Marija and the remaining 743 in Donji Mihaljevec at the time.[1] The majority of the population identified themselves as Croats during the census.
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