Ivanić-Grad

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

• 25 km (16 mi) by highway A3 (Bregana-Zagreb-Ivanić-Grad-Slavonski Brod-Lipovac)
• 25 km (16 mi) by train on direction Zagreb - Slavonski Brod - Vinkovci.

It is on the border of Moslavina and Posavina.

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

• Caginec, population 555
• Deanovec, population 536
• Derežani, population 246
• Graberje Ivanićko, population 664
• Greda Breška, population 156
• Ivanić-Grad, population 9,379
• Lepšić, population 46
• Lijevi Dubrovčak, population 351
• Opatinec, population 321
• Posavski Bregi, population 816
• Prečno, population 98
• Prerovec, population 98
• Šemovec Breški, population 85
• Šumećani, population 494
• Tarno, population 57
• Topolje, population 112
• Trebovec, population 347
• Zaklepica, population 88
• Zelina Breška, population 99

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

Town of Ivanić-Grad: Population trends 1857-2021 v Sources: Croatian Bureau of Statistics publications

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.

Ivanić-Grad was a border post between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. In Habsburg Latin sources, it was known as Iwanych.

Until 1918, Ivanić-Grad was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia after the compromise of 1867), in the Croatian Military Frontier.

• Juraj Krnjević was one of the principal leaders of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) wholly devoted to achieving Croatian democracy and freedom.
• Đuro Deželić, writer

In November 2024, a monument to Ven. Josip Lang (born in Lepšić) in the city park was unveiled.

There are 2 elementary schools (OŠ Stjepana Basaričeka and OŠ Đure Deželića) and a high school (SŠ Ivan Švear) in Ivanić-Grad.

OŠ Đure Deželića has the status of an international eco-school and has a green flag.