Jalšovec

Jalšovec was mentioned in the Urbarium from the second half of the 17th century as Villa Jalsowecz. In the urbarium Jalšovec is recorded as possession of Count Petar Zrinski.^[3]

The Roman Catholic Chapel in the village was built at the turn of the 19th century.^{[citation needed]}

Jalšovec is located in valley between hills of Gornje Međimurje. River Mura enters Croatia from Slovenia, in the northernmost part of settlement. There is a border crossing with Slovenia in Jalšovec called Bukovje.^[4] Although, is located in Jalšovec, border crossing is named after the hamlet of Bukovje, which belongs to the neighboring village of Čestijanec.

Jalšovec had a population of 144 in 2011 census.^[5] Jalšovec is experiencing population decline since the 1980s.