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Lekenik | |
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Municipality | |
  Lekenik Location of Lekenik in Croatia | |
| Coordinates: 45°35′N 16°13′E / 45.583°N 16.217°E | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County | Sisak-Moslavina County |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 228.2 km2 (88.1 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 29.5 km2 (11.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Municipality | 5,343 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,697 |
| • Urban density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Website | lekenik |
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Lekenik is a village and a municipality in central Croatia, located between Sisak and Velika Gorica in the lowland region of Turopolje.
Norman Jewison chose Lekenik to represent Anatevka for the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof, after visiting other sites in Austria, Canada, and Romania. The film ends with the credit: "Our thanks to the people of the villages of Lekenik and Mala Gorica and the city of Zagreb, Yugoslavia."[3]
It is well known in Croatia for hosting two SOS Children's Villages (SOS Dječje selo).
- ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements" (xlsx). Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Fiddler on the Roof Special Edition DVD (2004)