Lekenik | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lekenik in Croatia |
Coordinates: | 45.5833°N 29°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Sisak-Moslavina County |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 228.2 |
Area Urban Km2: | 29.5 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 5343 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 1697 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
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."[2]
It is well known in Croatia for hosting two SOS Children's Villages (Croatian: SOS Dječje selo).
In the 2011 census, the total population of Lekenik municipality was 6,032 people, in the following settlements:
In the same census, an absolute majority were Croats at 97%.
RTL Radio—Local radio station.