Novigrad Podravski

Novigrad Podravski is a village and a municipality in the Koprivnica-Križevci County in Croatia.

In the 2011 census, there were a total of 2,872 inhabitants in the area, in the following settlements:

  • Borovljani, population 237
  • Delovi, population 250
  • Javorovac, population 75
  • Novigrad Podravski, population 1,914
  • Plavšinac, population 140
  • Srdinac, population 18
  • Vlaislav, population 238

In the same census, Croats formed a majority at 94.5%.

History

In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Novigrad Podravski was part of the Bjelovar-Križevci County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Religion

Serbian Orthodox Church of Lazarus of the Four Days was built in the village of Plavšinac in 1758. Its iconostasis was painted by the Montenegrin painter Atanas Bocarić. Two of its icons are exhibited in the Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Zagreb. Due to its cultural and architectural features building is classified as a protected cultural property.

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