Botinec

Botinec is a neighborhood located in Novi Zagreb - zapad city district of Zagreb, Croatia.

Botinec
Village
Botinec
Coordinates: 45°45′19.16″N 15°56′8.33″E
Country	Croatia
County	City of Zagreb
City District	Novi Zagreb – zapad
Area [1]
• Total	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	4
• Density	35/sq mi (13/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

It is famous for having its streets named after famous characters from Croatian theater plays and novels. It was founded in 1965 as a refugee camp after the 1964 flood, owing its rectangular street grid to the era of building Novi Zagreb (called Južni Zagreb – Southern Zagreb at the time).^[3] It was away from the city and away from Sava River, with barracks meant to serve as a camp only for up to six years, but the houses were eventually bought by the tenants and upgraded. Nonetheless, Botinec remains a neighborhood bearing the scar of the flood.^[4] Botinec is divided in two parts: Old Botinec and New Botinec.

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, its population was only 4.^[2]

According to the 2001 census, Botinec had 4,906 inhabitants.^[5]

References

1. Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
2. "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
3. Maretić, Mirko (2008-01-10). "O imaginarnim kartama Južnog = Novog Zagreba" (PDF). Zarez (in Croatian) (222): 16–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
4. Petrovčić, Gordana (2004-10-26). "U Botinec i Retkovec došli privremeno, ostali zauvijek" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2004. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
5. "Stanovnici Grada Zagreba prema dobnim skupinama i spolu" (PDF) (in Croatian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-08-29.