Goričan
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Goričan
| official_name =
| native_name =
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = HR-MM-Goričan07.jpg
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| map_caption = Location of Goričan in Croatia
| pushpin_map = Croatia
| coordinates = {{coord|46|23|N|16|41|E|region:HR|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{CRO}}
| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Međimurje}}
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = Goričan
| leader_title = Municipal mayor
| leader_name = Mario Moharić (SDP)
| area_footnotes = {{Cite Q|Q119585703|mode=cs1}}
| area_total_km2 = 21.7
| area_urban_km2 = 21.7
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| population_footnotes = {{Croatian Census 2021|S}}
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_total = 2343
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_urban = 2343
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
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| timezone = CET
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset = +1
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 40324 Goričan
| area_code = 040
| website = {{URL|gorican.hr}}
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Goričan ({{langx|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.{{Croatian Census 2011|S|20|1236}} Of the entire population, 2,763 people identified themselves as Croats.{{Croatian Census 2011|E|20}}
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 ({{langx|hu|Murakirály}}) and Hodošan ({{langx|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.{{cite web |url=https://fimspeedway.com/rounds/gorican |title=DONJI KRALJEVEC CROATIA |publisher=FIM |access-date=23 January 2023 |archive-date=23 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123225918/https://fimspeedway.com/rounds/gorican |url-status=dead }}
Most na Trnavi kod Goričana (Croatia).jpg|A bridge over the Trnava River
Gorican13Chorvatsko6.JPG|A4 Highway near Goričan
Goričan municipality location.GIF|Location within Međimurje County
GP Goričan.jpg|Border crossing with Hungary
Goričan - ulaz s juga.JPG |Village entrance
Gorican12Chorvatsko2.JPG|Motel
References
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External links
- [http://www.gorican.hr/ The official website of the municipality] {{in lang|hr}}
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Category:Municipalities of Croatia
Category:Croatia–Hungary border crossings
Category:Populated places in Međimurje County
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