Sveta Nedelja or, until 1991, Sveta Nedjelja () is a town in Zagreb County, Croatia. It is one of the provincial satellite towns in Zagreb's metropolitan region.
Geography Sveta Nedelja is situated west of Zagreb, between Zagreb and Samobor. It has an exit on the A3 motorway, which passes northwest-southeast through the town, and Franjo Tuđman Street runs east-west toward the Podsused Bridge.
Population In the Croatian census of 2011, the total population of the Town of Sveta Nedelja was 18,059, divided into 14 settlements:
Bestovje, population 2,402 Brezje, population 1,506 Jagnjić Dol, population 486 Kalinovica, population 385 Kerestinec, population 1,433 Mala Gorica, population 623 Novaki, population 2,091 Orešje, population 1,043 Rakitje, population 2,301 Srebrnjak, population 128 Strmec, population 3,907 Sveta Nedelja, population 1,338 Svetonedeljski Breg, population 177 Žitarka, population 239
Administration
Town government, health-service, post office are the part of infrastructure of Sveta Nedelja. Head of the Town government is a Mayor (current mayor is Dario Zurovec) with head town administration.
Economy Rimac Automobili has its headquarters in the town. It is also the wealthiest municipality in Zagreb County and one of the wealthiest municipalities in the country and with most registered small enterprises in the country.
In May 2020, the city of Sveta Nedelja, in cooperation with the Croatian cryptocurrency company Electrocoin, became one of the first cities in the world to enable cryptocurrency payments for municipal services.
Monuments and sightseeing There are several monuments and buildings for sightseers in the Town of Sveta Nedelja: Baroquesqe Holy Trinity parish church and parish house in Sveta Nedelja The old parish house "Crkvenjak" in Sveta Nedelja St. Roch Chapel, Sveta Nedelja Medieval Erdödy Castle in Kerestinec Old mansions in Brezje and Rakitje Baroquesqe St. Andrew chapel in Novaki St. Mary Magdalena chapel in Mala Gorica Monument to the victims of communist crimes
The Ministry of Croatian Veterans discovered and exhumed in June 2025 two mass graves from the period after World War II with the remains of 49 men.
Education
Primary education in Sveta Nedelja is covered by two elementary schools: the Sveta Nedelja Elementary School in Sveta Nedelja and the Vladimir Deščak Elementary School in Novaki. Sveta Nedelja Elementary School also has two branch offices in Kerestinec and Strmec. Another branch office is located in Rakov Potok in the Samobor municipal area. A new elementary school in Strmec is planned in the near future.
Culture Local Klapa Barun organizes annual Klapa meetings in Sveta Nedelja () with different host-locations every year.
Notable people Mihalj Šilobod Bolšić (1724–1787) – Catholic priest, mathematician, writer, and musical theorist primarily known for writing the first Croatian arithmetic textbook, (published in Zagreb, 1758)
References
External links
Town of Sveta Nedelja Official website Sveta Nedelja live news portal