Bregana Explained

Bregana
Settlement Type:Naselje
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Bregana in Croatia
Pushpin Label Position:right
Coordinates:45.8383°N 15.6881°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Croatia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Zagreb County
Subdivision Type2:Town
Subdivision Name2:Samobor
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.8
Area Metro Km2:5.60
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:2198
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:10432
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:+385-1
Blank Name Sec1:License plates
Blank Info Sec1:ZG

Bregana (pronounced as /brɛɡǎna/; German: Bergana)[2] is a settlement (naselje) that is part of the town of Samobor, Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2001 census, the town has 2,518 residents[3] living in an area of 2.81km2.[4] Together with the nearby settlements of Podvrh and Klokočevec Samoborski, the town's micropolitan area has 3,450 inhabitants.

Together with Macelj and Rupa, Bregana used to be the main Croatian border crossing with Slovenia, before Croatia joined Schengen in 2023. The checkpoint on the Slovenian side of the border was located in a small village called Obrežje. It is the start of the A3 highway which goes to Zagreb and on to Lipovac at the Serbian border in the east. The highway connects to Slovenia's A2 highway, which leads to Ljubljana. There was also a minor border crossing in the town itself, a two-lane road crossing between Bregana and Slovenska Vas. A railway crossing between the two countries used to be located in Harmica near Savski Marof in Brdovec municipality.

Notes and References

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  2. http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/oddelki/Zgodovin/Repertoriji/Kranjska%201900.pdf Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 68.
  3. Web site: Population by sex and age, by settlements, census 2001 (Samobor) . Republic of Croatia Bureau of Statistics . 2008-01-06.
  4. Web site: Prostorno razvojne i resursne značajke: Naselja . Zagreb County Spatial Plan . Croatian . 2009-01-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070611002728/http://www.zagrebacka-zupanija.hr/prostorni_plan/PPZZ_I/1-1-2-1.htm . 2007-06-11 .