Podturen Explained

Podturen
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Croatia
Coordinates:46.4667°N 48°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Croatia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Međimurje
Leader Title:Municipal mayor
Leader Name:Perica Hajdarović
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:31.9
Area Urban Km2:10.2
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:3517
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:1323
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:40317 Podturen
Area Code:040

Podturen (Hungarian: Bottornya) is a village and a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia. The population of the municipality in the 2011 census was 3,873. The majority of the population are Croats.

The municipality consists of the following villages: Podturen, Celine, Ferketinec, Miklavec, Novakovec and Sivica. Also part of the municipality is a Roma settlement, Lončarevo, around 500 metres from Podturen, which is also a part of a village Podturen.

Mayor of Kerkaszentkiraly Zoltan Pal told MTI that Slovenia would also join the project, a small area of which is wedged between the Hungarian and Croatian towns.

The mayor noted that ties had been close between villages on either side of the border before World War II, when many Croats owned and cultivated vineyards on the Hungarian side and used to take a ferry to cross the river.

Notes and References

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