Leskovec, Croatia

Leskovec
Leskovec
Village
	Leskovec Location of Leskovec in Croatia
	Coordinates: 46°29′17″N 16°16′25″E / 46.48806°N 16.27361°E
Country	Croatia
County	Međimurje County
Municipality	Štrigova
Area
• Total	1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	109
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Leskovec is a village in northern Croatia, part of the Štrigova municipality within Međimurje County. Village is located near the border with Slovenia.

History

Leskovec is first time mentioned in charter issued in year 1448 as Villa Leskocz.^[3] In this charter Frederick II of Celje granted the village Leskovec to the chapel of Saint Jerome in nearby Štrigova.^[4] In year 1664 chapel of Saint Jerome with Leskovec was granted to the Pauline Order from Šenkovec by count Petar Zrinski.^[4] In early 19th century Leskovec was granted to noble family Knežević.^[5]

Geography

Leskovec is located in valley between hills of Gornje Međimurje, southwest from municipality centre Štrigova. Leskovec had a population of 109 in 2011 census.^[2] Leskovec is experiencing population decline since the 1950s.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1921	137	—
1931	145	+5.8%
1948	155	+6.9%
1953	147	−5.2%
1961	132	−10.2%

Year	Pop.	±%
1971	137	+3.8%
1981	n/a^{[nb 1]}	—
1991	n/a^{[nb 1]}	—
2001	112	—
2011	109	−2.7%

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References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Leskovec was part of village Štrigova

Citations

^ "Prostorni plan uređenja općine Štrigova" (in Croatian). Zavod za prostorno uređenje Međimurske Županije. October 2005. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Leskovec". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
^ "32813". Hungaricana (in Latin). p. 30. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Feletar, Dragutin (2017). "Učeni pavlin Josip Bedeković (1688.-1760.) i njegovo djelo". In Feletar, Dragutin (ed.). Josip Bedeković: Knjiga o sv. Jeronimu, Iliriku i Međimurju (in Croatian). Meridijani. pp. 525–526. ISBN 978-953-239-204-3.
^ Korunek, Marijana (2016). "Obitelj Knežević I obnova nekadašnjeg čakovečkog Pavlinskog samostana početkom 19.st" [The Knežević Famili and the Renovation of Former Pauline Monastery in Čakovec in Early 19th Century]. Portal: godišnjak Hrvatskog restauratorskog zavoda (in Croatian). 7: 238. Retrieved November 2, 2020 – via HRČAK.
^ "Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske". Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[popis1-7] Leskovec was part of village Štrigova

[1] "Prostorni plan uređenja općine Štrigova" (in Croatian). Zavod za prostorno uređenje Međimurske Županije. October 2005. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-10-20.

[2011_census-2] "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Leskovec". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

[3] "32813". Hungaricana (in Latin). p. 30. Retrieved October 31, 2020.

[Feletar-4] Feletar, Dragutin (2017). "Učeni pavlin Josip Bedeković (1688.-1760.) i njegovo djelo". In Feletar, Dragutin (ed.). Josip Bedeković: Knjiga o sv. Jeronimu, Iliriku i Međimurju (in Croatian). Meridijani. pp. 525–526. ISBN 978-953-239-204-3.

[5] Korunek, Marijana (2016). "Obitelj Knežević I obnova nekadašnjeg čakovečkog Pavlinskog samostana početkom 19.st" [The Knežević Famili and the Renovation of Former Pauline Monastery in Čakovec in Early 19th Century]. Portal: godišnjak Hrvatskog restauratorskog zavoda (in Croatian). 7: 238. Retrieved November 2, 2020 – via HRČAK.

[6] "Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske". Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

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