Cirkovljan
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Cirkovljan is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in Međimurje County, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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The village is administratively part of the wider area of the town of Prelog. It is located on the D20 state road, approximately halfway between Prelog and Draškovec
Draškovec
Draškovec is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia.The village is part of the wider area of Prelog and is located around 5 kilometres from the town. The county seat of Međimurje County, Čakovec, is located just over 20 kilometres from the village. Draškovec is connected with the village of...

. The centre of Čakovec
Cakovec
Čakovec is a city in northern Croatia, located around 90 kilometres north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital. Čakovec is both the county seat and largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, smallest and most densely populated Croatian county.-Population:...

, the county seat of Međimurje County, is located around 19 kilometres from the village. The population of Cirkovljan in the 2001 census was 819.

The village is mainly surrounded by agricultural fields
Field (agriculture)
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 and some forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...

s. There are also two gravel pit
Gravel pit
Gravel pit is the term for an open cast working for extraction of gravel. Gravel pits often lie in river valleys where the water table is high, so they may fill naturally with water to form ponds or lakes. Old, abandoned gravel pits are normally used either as nature reserves, or as amenity areas...

s nearby, between Cirkovljan and Lake Dubrava
Lake Dubrava
Lake Dubrava is a reservoir on the Drava in northern Croatia. It is administratively divided between Međimurje County and Varaždin County, and is bordered by the municipalities of Prelog, Sveti Đurđ and Veliki Bukovec...

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