Podturen

Podturen
—  Municipality  —
Podturen Municipality Općina Podturen
Podturen Location of Podturen in Croatia
Coordinates: 46°28′N 16°32′E
Country	Croatia
County	Međimurje County
Government
• Municipal mayor	Josip Lepen
Area
• Total	31.42 km2 (12.13 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	4,392
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	40317 Podturen
Area code(s)	040
Website	opcina-podturen.hr

Podturen is a municipality in Međimurje County, Croatia. The population of the municipality in the 2001 census was 4,392. 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.

• There are 24 entrepreneurs with 121 employees and 42 craftsmen in the community.
• Kerkaszentkiraly (SW Hungary) and Podturen in Croatia signed an agreemen on building a bridge over the Mura river as well as a 3 km road connecting the two towns.

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 WWII, when many Croats owned and cultivated vineyards on the Hungarian side and used to take a ferry to cross the river.