Bregana is a settlement (naselje

Naselje

Naselje is a settlement in Croatia, usually translated as settlement. It is the smallest unit of Croatian territory. Individual settlements are by and large referred to as selo , while naselje is a statistical and administrative category. The units of local government in Croatia, cities and...

) in the Town of Samobor

Samobor

Samobor is a town in the Zagreb County, Croatia. It is part of the Zagreb metropolitan area.-Geography:Samobor is located west of Zagreb, between the eastern slopes of the Samoborsko gorje , in the Sava River valley.-Population:...

, Zagreb County

Zagreb County

Zagreb County is a county in central Croatia. It surrounds – but does not contain – the nation's capital Zagreb, which is a separate territorial unit. For that reason, it is often nicknamed "Zagreb ring"...

, 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 ...

. According to the 2001 census, the town has 2,518 residents living in an area of 2.81 square kilometres (1.08 sq mi). Together with the nearby settlements of Podvrh and Klokočevec Samoborski, the town's micropolitan area has 3,450 inhabitants.

Together with Macelj

Macelj

Macelj is the name of a village and a forest in northern Croatia bordering on Slovenia. There is an official border crossing in Macelj, and the end of the A2 highway.-Macelj in 1945:...

 and Rupa

Rupa

In Hinduism and Buddhism, rūpa generally refers to material objects, particularly in regards to their appearance.-Definition:According to the Monier-Williams Dictionary , rūpa is defined as:...

, Bregana is the main 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 ...

n border crossing with Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. The checkpoint on the Slovenian side of the border is located in a small village called Obrežje

Obrežje

Obrežje is a settlement in the Brežice municipality in eastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. A major motorway border crossing is located here. Obrežje is the end/start of Slovenia's A2 motorway. It connects to Croatia's A3 Motorway. Both motorways form part of the European route...

. It is the start of the A3 highway

A3 (Croatia)

The A3 motorway is a major motorway in Croatia spanning . The motorway connects Zagreb, the nation's capital, to the Slavonia region and a number of cities along the Sava River. It represents a major east–west transportation corridor in Croatia and a significant part of the Pan-European Corridor...

 which goes to Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

 and on to Lipovac at the Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n border in the east. The highway connects to Slovenia's A2 highway, which, partly completed (many stretches are still retained as the two-lane H1 route), leads to Ljubljana

Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...

. There is also a minor border crossing in the town itself, a two-lane road crossing between Bregana and Slovenska vas

Slovenska vas, Brežice

Slovenska vas is a settlement in the Brežice municipality in eastern Slovenia, next to the border with Croatia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. During the Second World War, when it was known as Bregansko selo, it was one of five Slovene settlements annexed by the Independent...

. A railway crossing between the two countries is located in Harmica

Harmica

Harmica is a village in Croatia, located on the border with Slovenia. It is connected by the D225 highway....

 near Savski Marof

Savski Marof

Savski Marof is a naselje in the municipality of Brdovec, Zagreb County, Croatia. According to the 2001 census, it has 35 inhabitants living in an area of . This makes it the least dense settlement and the smallest by population in Brdovec. It is second-smallest by area .- References :...

 in Brdovec

Brdovec

Brdovec is a town and a municipality in the Zagreb County, Croatia.The closest town to Brdovec is neighboring Zaprešić on the east. According to the 2001 census, there are 10,287 inhabitants, 92% which are Croats...

municipality.