The contribution deals with the analysing of migrations and is focused on the influence of external migrations on physiognomic transformation of the settlements of Medimurje. Medimurje was after World War II among the first regions in the previous state to include in the migrations of labour force due to its economic underdevelopment, impossibility of employment in native places etc. Directions of external migrations towards western European countries (Austria, Germany and Switzerland) were besides geographical proximity and relatively good traffic connections also determined by historical-political and economic relations of the mentioned states with Croatia. The thesis on how external migrations influence the physiognomic transformation of settlements was investigated in the field by an opinion poll. The most significant changes and consequences of external migrations reflect in the change of the image of settlements. How the transformation of the Medimurje settlements under the influence of external migrations will develop in the future will depend on the returning home oriented migrants who will be interested in social-economic development of the native place.