Goričan

Goričan
Municipality
Goričan Municipality Općina Goričan
Goričan Location of Goričan in Croatia
Coordinates:
Country	Croatia
County	Međimurje County
Government
• Municipal mayor	Mario Moharić
Area
• Total	21.50 km2 (8.30 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	3,148
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	40324 Goričan
Area code(s)	040
Website	www.gorican.hr

Goričan is a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia.

Goričan is the only village belonging to the municipality. Its population in the 2001 census was 3,148. Of the entire population, 3,088 people identified themselves as Croats.

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 and Hodošan 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.

External links

• The official website of the municipality (Croatian)