Novi Marof
Town
Town centre
Novi Marof Location of Novi Marof in Croatia
Coordinates: 46°09′52″N 16°20′05″E / 46.164401°N 16.334642°E / 46.164401; 16.334642
Country	Croatia
County	Varaždin
Government
• Mayor	Siniša Jenkač (HDZ)
Area [1]
• Town	111.9 km2 (43.2 sq mi)
• Urban	3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Town	11,795
• Density	110/km2 (270/sq mi)
• Urban	1,810
• Urban density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	novi-marof.hr

Novi Marof (Kajkavian: 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.

History

In the late 19th and early 20th century, Novi Marof was a district capital in Varaždin County of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

Population

The population of the municipality is 13,246 (census 2011), distributed in the following settlements:^[3]

Notable residents

• Blaženko Lacković, Croatian handball player

Culture

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:

• Croatian soldiers and civilians who died or went missing during and after World War II^[4]
• 1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing during the Croatian War of Independence^[5]