Štefanec is a village

Village

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 in Varaždin County

Varaždin County

Varaždin County is a county in northern Croatia. It is named after its county seat, the city of Varaždin.-Geography:In addition to the city of Varaždin, the county includes the towns of Ivanec, Ludbreg, Lepoglava, Novi Marof and Varaždinske Toplice, as well as 22 municipalities...

, Croatia

Croatia

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The village is located near Lake Varaždin

Lake Varaždin

Lake Varaždin is a reservoir on the Drava in northern Croatia. It is administratively divided between Međimurje County and Varaždin County, bordered by the municipalities of Varaždin, Trnovec Bartolovečki and Čakovec...

, around 8 kilometres east of Varaždin

Varaždin

Varaždin is a city in north Croatia, north of Zagreb on the highway A4. The total population is 47,055, with 38,746 on of the city settlement itself . The centre of Varaždin county is located near the Drava river, at...

, and belongs to the Trnovec Bartolovečki

Trnovec Bartolovecki

Trnovec Bartolovečki is a municipality in Varaždin County, Croatia.The municipality consists of 6 villages – Bartolovec, Trnovec, Šemovec, Štefanec, Zamlaka and Žabnik. The population of the municipality in the 2011 census was 6,889. The village of Trnovec had a population of 4,190 in the same census...

 municipality. Its population in the 2001 census was 405. It was formerly known as Štefanec Bartolovečki, which was mentioned as its official name in all censuses between 1953 and 1991.

The D2 state road goes through the village.