Lekenik | |
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Municipality | |
 Panoramic view .jpg) Lekenik railway station | |
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  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 | |
• Municipality | 228.2 km2 (88.1 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 29.5 km2 (11.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Municipality | 5,343 |
| • Density | 23.41/km2 (60.64/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,697 |
| • Urban density | 57.5/km2 (149/sq mi) |
| Website | lekenik |
Lekenik is avillage and amunicipality in centralCroatia, located betweenSisak andVelika Gorica in the lowland region of Turopolje.
Norman Jewison chose Lekenik to represent Anatevka for the 1971 filmFiddler 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 andMala Gorica and the city ofZagreb, Yugoslavia."[3]
It is well known in Croatia for hosting twoSOS Children's Villages (SOS Dječje selo).
In the 2011 census, the total population of Lekenik municipality was 6,032 people, in the followingsettlements:[4]
In the same census, an absolute majority wereCroats at 97%.[5]
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]
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