Goričan

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Goričan
Municipality
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Goričan
Location of Goričan in Croatia
Coordinates: 46°23′N16°41′E / 46.383°N 16.683°E / 46.383; 16.683
Country Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
County Flag of Medjimurje.svg  Međimurje
Municipality Goričan
Government
 • Municipal mayorMario Moharić (SDP)
Area
[1]
 •  Municipality 21.7 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
 • Urban
21.7 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
 •  Municipality 2,343
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
 •  Urban
2,343
 • Urban density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
40324 Goričan
Area code 040
Website gorican.hr

Goričan (Hungarian : Muracsány) is a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.

Goričan is the only village belonging to the municipality. Its population in the 2011 census was 2,823. [3] Of the entire population, 2,763 people identified themselves as Croats. [4]

Goričan is located in the eastern part of Međimurje County, near the Croatian-Hungarian border and the Mura. The nearby populated places include the villages of Donji Kraljevec (Hungarian : Murakirály) and Hodošan (Hungarian : Hodosány) in Međimurje County, as well as the town of Letenye in Hungary. The border checkpoint between Goričan and Letenye is located around 3 kilometres from the centre of the village. The border checkpoint is also the place where the Croatian A4 motorway becomes the Hungarian M7 motorway, or the other way around.

The nearby Stadium Milenium is a speedway stadium and hosts the Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia. [5]

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The Zrinski Bridge or Zrínyi Bridge connects the Croatian A4 and the Hungarian M7 motorways, spanning the Mura River. As it also spans Hungarian–Croatian border, a joint border checkpoint is located north of the bridge. The bridge is located between Goričan interchange of the A4 motorway and the M70 motorway interchange of the M7. The bridge is a part of a major north–south transportation corridor in Croatia and Hungary and a part of European routes E65 and E71 as well as the Pan-European corridor Vb.

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. ↑ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Goričan". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Međimurje". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
  5. ↑ "DONJI KRALJEVEC CROATIA". FIM. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

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