Goričan | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Croatia |
Coordinates: | 46.3833°N 57°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Goričan |
Leader Title: | Municipal mayor |
Leader Name: | Mario Moharić (SDP) |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 21.7 |
Area Urban Km2: | 21.7 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 2343 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 2343 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 40324 Goričan |
Area Code: | 040 |
Goričan (hu|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. Of the entire population, 2,763 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 (hu|Murakirály) and Hodošan (hu|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.[2]