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Country
  
Croatia

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Friday 8:15 AM

Municipality
  
Nedelišće

County
  
Međimurje County

Postal code
  
40305 Nedelišće

Population
  
793 (2011)

Gornji Kuršanec

Weather
  
9°C, Wind NW at 2 km/h, 63% Humidity

Gornji Kuršanec (Hungarian: Felsőzrínyifalva) is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. It is part of the municipality of Nedelišće and had a population of 793 in the 2011 census.

Map of Gornji Kur%C5%A1anec, Croatia

The village is located close to the Drava River and just over 3 kilometres from the centre of Varaždin, the county seat of Varaždin County. The D3 state road goes through the village, providing the main traffic connection between Varaždin and Čakovec, the county seat of Međimurje County. The railroad between the two cities also goes through the village.

Also close to the village is Lake Varaždin, a reservoir lake on the Drava River. The area of the lake that is close to Gornji Kuršanec is a popular summer weekend destination for many people from the region, with many log cabins built on the shores of both the lake and the river, which flows into it nearby.

References

Gornji Kuršanec Wikipedia