Pušćine is a village

Village

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 in Međimurje County, Croatia

Croatia

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. In the 2001 census, the village had a population of 1,267 and was the second most populated place in the municipality of Nedelišće

Nedelišce

Nedelišće is a village in Međimurje County, in northern Croatia, and the seat of the Municipality of Nedelišće, which also includes 10 other villages in the south-western part of Međimurje County....

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Pušćine is situated between the villages of Nedelišće and Gornji Kuršanec

Gornji Kuršanec

Gornji Kuršanec is a village in Međimurje County, Croatia. It is part of the municipality of Nedelišće and had a population of 755 in the 2001 census....

. An important section of the D3 state road

D3 (Croatia)

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 goes through the village, providing the main traffic connection between the cities 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:...

 and Varaždin

Varaždin

Varaždin is a city in north Croatia, north of Zagreb on the highway A4. The total population is 47,055, with 38,746 on of the city settlement itself . The centre of Varaždin county is located near the Drava river, at...

. It also places the village in a very favourable geographical location between two county seats. The centre of Čakovec is located around 9 kilometres and the centre of Varaždin around 6 kilometres from the village.

The area around Pušćine is mostly used in agriculture

Agriculture

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. There are fields of maize

Maize

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 and cereal

Cereal

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s around the village, as well as a large apple

Apple

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 orchard

Orchard

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between Pušćine and Nedelišće.