Dugo Selo
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State : | Croatia | |
County : | Zagreb | |
Area : | 51 km² | |
Residents : | 17,466 (2011) | |
Population density : | 342 inhabitants per km² | |
Telephone code : | (+385) 01 | |
Postal code : | 10 370 | |
License plate : | ZG | |
Structure and administration (as of 2017) |
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Community type : | city | |
Mayor : | Nenad Panian | |
Postal address : | Josipa Zorića 1 10 370 Dugo Selo |
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Patron saint : | St. Martin |
Dugo Selo is a city in the northern part of Croatia .
geography
The city is located 20 kilometers east of the center of Zagreb at the foot of the Martin Breg hill (206 m) and belongs to the Zagreb County . According to the 2011 census, 17,466 inhabitants lived on an area of 51 km² at this time. Dugo Selo belongs to the agglomeration of Zagreb and lies on the border of the Posavina and Prigorje plains .
The Zagreb – Dugo Selo (M102) line ends in Dugo Selo and merges with the Dugo Selo – Gyékényes (M102) line to Hungary .
City structure
The city is divided into the following eleven localities (with population figures according to the 2011 Census):
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Sports
The following sports clubs are active in the city:
- Athletics club "Martin"
- NK Dugo Selo, football club
- NK Ostrna, football club
- RK Dugo Selo, handball club
- Taekwondo club Dugo Selo
- Moto kluba Sveti Martin
- Kyokushin karate club "Dugo Selo"
Personalities
- Ante Kaleb (* 1993), handball player and coach, began playing handball at RK Dugo Selo
- Zvonimir Bilić (* 1971), handball player (Croatian national team), born in Dugo Selo
- Jadranko Crnić (1928–2008), lawyer, 1st President of the Croatian Constitutional Court
- Igor Dekanić , scientist, politician, former advisor to the Croatian government
- Sergio Foretić , opera singer, educator
- Bogoljub Lacmanović , journalist and diplomat
- Nenad Plašić , handball player
- Josip Predavec (1884–1933), historian, politician, Vice-President of the HSS , murdered in Dugo Selo
- Slavko Vurić , tribune and poet
- Josip Zorić , clergyman
Web links
Commons : Dugo Selo - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Statistical Bureau of Croatia - Census 2011 , accessed on November 17, 2011
- ↑ http://www.dugoselo.hr