Ivanić Grad

Ivanić Grad
Town
Ivanić Grad town center
Ivanić Grad Location of Ivanić Grad in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°43′N 16°23′E / 45.71°N 16.39°E / 45.71; 16.39
Country	Croatia
County	Zagreb
Government
• Mayor	Javor Bojan Leš (HDZ)
Area
• Total	173.57 km2 (67.02 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	14,548
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
	(municipality total)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	10310
Area code(s)	01
Website	Ivanić Grad

Ivanić Grad (pronounced [ǐʋanitɕ ɡrâːd], in local Kajkavian Ivanič-Grad, pronounced ['ivanitʃ ɡráːt]) is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of Moslavina.

Ivanić-Grad is located south-east from Zagreb, connected:

In the 2011 census, the total population is 14,548, in the following settlements:

In the 2011 census, 97% of the population were Croats.

City government, court, police, health-service, post office are the part of infrastructure of Ivanić-Grad. Ivanić-Grad also has a well-known spa resort, Naftalan.

Situated some 30 km (18.64 mi) east of Zagreb, Ivanić-Grad was one of the bastions on the border between Croatia and the Ottoman Empire that was never breached over centuries of Turkish thrusting toward the West.

Until 1918, Ivanić-Grad (named MILITÄR KLOSTER IVANIC near 1850 ) was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia after the compromise of 1867), in the Croatian Military Frontier, WARASDIN-KREUTZER Regiment N°V.

Persistent attempts by Hungarian authorities to impose their language in civil affairs met with strong resistance from the Croats, acutely conscious and proud of their own Slav tongue and literary tradition, now flourishing after their renaissance earlier in the 19th century.

There are 2 elementary schools (OŠ Stjepana Basaričeka and OŠ Đure Deželića) and a high school (SŠ Ivan Švear) in Ivanić Grad. Current principals are : prof. Ksenija Pavlović (SŠ Ivan Švear), prof. Vlatka Koletić (OŠ Stjepana Basaričeka), prof. Marija Kostrevec (OŠ Đure Deželića).