Mali Zdenci

Village in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia

Mali Zdenci Zdenci
Village
45°41′N 17°08′E / 45.683°N 17.133°E / 45.683; 17.133
Country	Croatia
County	Bjelovar-Bilogora County
Municipality	Grubišno Polje
Area ^[1]
• Total	3.0 sq mi (7.7 km²)
Elevation	469 ft (143 m)
Population (2021)^[2]
• Total	352
• Density	120/sq mi (46/km²)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Mali Zdenci is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D5 highway. It is located in the Bjelovar-Bilogora County. The village's sister village is Veliki Zdenci. It is a part of Grubišno Polje municipality.

Religion

Serbian Orthodox church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary built in 1761 is protected cultural heritage of the Republic of Croatia.^[3] Serb Orthodox minority community settled in the village during the Ottoman Empire rule of the area, but its numbers significantly decreased during the period of Independent State of Croatia as well as during the Croatian War of Independence.^[3] In 1991 the church was completely destroyed.^[3] Its reconstruction was financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia.^[3] The church's reopening in 2009 was attended by the Jovan Pavlović.^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was 352.^[2]

References

^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
^ ^a ^b "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cetina, Nikola (October 2009). "Velika slava u Malim Zdencima". Identitet (in Serbian) (139). Zagreb: Serb Democratic Forum.