Sveti Ivan Zelina

Sveti Ivan Zelina is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia.

Geography
Sveti Ivan Zelina is north-east from Zagreb, connected:
 * 27 km by A4 highway (Zagreb - Sv.Helena), then state road Sv.Helena - Sveti Ivan Zelina,

Population
In the 2011 Croatian census, the total population of the administrative territory of Sveti Ivan Zelina was 15,959, divided in the following settlements:


 * Banje Selo, population 106
 * Berislavec, population 46
 * Biškupec Zelinski, population 988
 * Blaškovec, population 577
 * Blaževdol, population 433
 * Breg Mokrički, population 45
 * Brezovec Zelinski, population 167
 * Bukevje, population 84
 * Bukovec Zelinski, population 413
 * Bunjak, population 133
 * Curkovec, population 88
 * Črečan, population 167
 * Donja Drenova, population 308
 * Donja Topličica, population 68
 * Donja Zelina, population 847
 * Donje Orešje, population 502
 * Donje Psarjevo, population 311
 * Dubovec Bisaški, population 86
 * Filipovići, population 70
 * Goričanec, population 77
 * Goričica, population 370
 * Gornja Drenova, population 322
 * Gornja Topličica, population 157
 * Gornje Orešje, population 251
 * Gornje Psarjevo, population 467
 * Gornji Vinkovec, population 66
 * Hrastje, population 193
 * Hrnjanec, population 409
 * Kalinje, population 236
 * Keleminovec, population 116
 * Kladešćica, population 0
 * Komin, population 250
 * Krečaves, population 256
 * Križevčec, population 102
 * Laktec, population 175
 * Majkovec, population 194
 * Marinovec Zelinski, population 73
 * Mokrica Tomaševečka, population 40
 * Nespeš, population 338
 * Novakovec Bisaški, population 30
 * Novo Mjesto, population 147
 * Obrež Zelinski, population 64
 * Paukovec, population 342
 * Polonje, population 344
 * Polonje Tomaševečko, population 42
 * Prepolno, population 71
 * Pretoki, population 295
 * Radoišće, population 250
 * Salnik, population 72
 * Selnica Psarjevačka, population 223
 * Suhodol Zelinski, population 99
 * Sveta Helena, population 366
 * Sveti Ivan Zelina, population 2,764
 * Šalovec, population 169
 * Šulinec, population 214
 * Šurdovec, population 33
 * Tomaševec, population 198
 * Velika Gora, population 82
 * Vukovje Zelinsko, population 90
 * Zadrkovec, population 214
 * Zrinšćina, population 126
 * Žitomir, population 193

History
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Sveti Ivan Zelina was a district capital in the Zagreb County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

From 1947 to 1990, during the communist regime, the town was known as Zelina.

Economy
Iskra company is one of the most important companies in Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Notable inhabitants

 * Dragutin Domjanić, a poet

Education
Elementary and high-school are in Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Sport
There was a swimming pool in Sveti Ivan Zelina (at present under renovation). Field Hockey. Women's Handball.