Rakičan

Place in Prekmurje, Slovenia

Rakičan

Rakičan

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°39′4″N 16°11′53″E﻿ / ﻿46.65111°N 16.19806°E﻿ / 46.65111; 16.19806
Country|  Slovenia
Traditional region| Prekmurje
Statistical region| Mura
Municipality| Murska Sobota
Area

• Total| 9.21 km2 (3.56 sq mi)
Elevation

| 185.7 m (609.3 ft)
Population

(2020)

• Total| 1,543
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Rakičan (pronounced [ɾaˈkiːtʃan]; Hungarian: Battyánfalva[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Murska Sobota in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[3]

There is a Baroque mansion known as Rakičan Castle west of the main settlement. It stands in a large park and was originally a 17th-century castle with defences that was remodelled in the 18th century.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
2. ^ Radkersburg und Luttenberg (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut.
3. ^ Murska Sobota municipal site
4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 6791

## External links

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* Media related to Rakičan at Wikimedia Commons
* Rakičan on Geopedia

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Urban Municipality of Murska Sobota

Settlements|

Administrative seat: Murska Sobota

* Bakovci
* Černelavci
* Krog
* Kupšinci
* Markišavci
* Nemčavci
* Polana
* Pušča
* Rakičan
* Satahovci
* Veščica

Notable people|

* József Bagáry
* Mihály Barla
* György Czipott
* János Fliszár
* Ferenc Hüll
* József Klekl
* István Kováts
* Miklós Luttár
* János Szlepecz
* László Szobothin
* János Terbócs
* István Zsemlics

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