Lekenik

Lekenik
Municipality
Panoramic view Lekenik railway station
Flag Seal
Lekenik Location of Lekenik in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°35′N16°13′E / 45.583°N 16.217°E / 45.583; 16.217
Country	Croatia
Region	Continental Croatia (Turopolje)
County	Sisak-Moslavina County
Government
• Mayor	Ivica Perović (HDZ)
Area [1]
• Municipality	228.2 km2 (88.1 sq mi)
• Urban	29.5 km2 (11.4 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Municipality	5,343
• Density	23/km2 (61/sq mi)
•  Urban	1,697
• Urban density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Website	lekenik.hr

Lekenik is a village and a municipality in central Croatia, located between Sisak and Velika Gorica in the lowland region of Turopolje.

Norman Jewison chose Lekenik to represent Anatevka for the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof , after visiting other sites in Austria, Canada, and Romania. The film ends with the credit: "Our thanks to the people of the villages of Lekenik and Mala Gorica and the city of Zagreb, Yugoslavia." ^[3]

It is well known in Croatia for hosting two SOS Children's Villages (SOS Dječje selo).

Population

In the 2011 census, the total population of Lekenik municipality was 6,032 people, in the following settlements: ^[4]

• Brežane Lekeničke, population 302
• Brkiševina, population 95
• Cerje Letovanićko, population 73
• Donji Vukojevac, population 499
• Dužica, population 353
• Gornji Vukojevac, population 67
• Lekenik, population 1,897
• Letovanić, population 464
• Palanjek Pokupski, population 9
• Pešćenica, population 883
• Petrovec, population 334
• Pokupsko Vratečko, population 23
• Poljana Lekenička, population 283
• Stari Brod, population 166
• Stari Farkašić, population 86
• Šišinec, population 78
• Vrh Letovanićki, population 65
• Žažina, population 355

In the same census, an absolute majority were Croats at 97%. ^[5]

Climate

Since records began in 1981, the highest temperature recorded at the Vukojevac weather station was 39.1 °C (102.4 °F), on 6 August 2012. ^[6] The coldest temperature was −26.4 °C (−15.5 °F), on 12 January 1985. ^[7]

Media

RTL Radio—Local radio station.

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata   Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. Fiddler on the Roof Special Edition DVD (2004)
4. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Lekenik". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
5. "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Sisak-Moslavina". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
6. DHMZ (2022-07-19). "Najviše izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.
7. DHMZ (2022-01-21). "Najniže izmjerene temperature zraka u Hrvatskoj za razdoblje od kada postoje mjerenja". Državni hidrometeorološki zavod.

Further reading

Dialectology

• Šojat, Antun; Zečević, Vesna (1965). "Kajkavski govori u području između Lekenika, Trebarjeva i Siska". Ljetopis Jugoslavenske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti. 72: 455–463. ISSN   0373-9902.