Official Name: | Novi Marof |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Novi Marof in Croatia |
Coordinates: | 46.1644°N 16.3346°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Croatia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Varaždin |
Leader Party: | HDZ |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Siniša Jenkač |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 111.9 |
Area Urban Km2: | 3.7 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 11795 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 1810 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Novi Marof (Kajkavian: Croatian: Nuovi Narof) is a town in north-western Croatia, located south of Varaždin and east of Ivanec, in Varaždin County. It lies on the intersection of state roads D3 (from south to north) and D24 (from the west) and is also connected with highway A4, state road D22 (from the east) and R201 railway.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, Novi Marof was a district capital in Varaždin County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.
The population of the municipality is 13,246 (census 2011), distributed in the following settlements:
The town was the home of the Croatian independent record label Ill In The Head until it relocated to Canada.The town has memorial markers to: