Botinec

Botinec is a neighborhood located in Novi Zagreb - zapad city district of Zagreb, Croatia. It is famous for having its streets named after famous character 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. 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.cite web
url = http://www.vjesnik.hr/Pdf/2004%5C10%5C26%5C20A20.PDF
title = U Botinec i Retkovec došli privremeno, ostali zauvijek
date = 2004-10-26
last = Petrovčić
first = Gordana
accessdate = 2008-07-29
work = Vjesnik
language = Croatian] Botinec is divided in two parts: Old Botinec and New Botinec. According to the 2001 census Botinec had 4,906 inhabitants.cite web
url = http://www1.zagreb.hr/zgstat/documents/stanovnistvo_gz_%20prema_dobnoj_spolnoj_strukturi_2001/T09.pdf
title = Stanovnici Grada Zagreba prema dobnim skupinama i spolu
accessdate = 2008-08-29
language = Croatian]

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