Municipality of Gornji Petrovci

Municipality of Gornji Petrovci
Občina Gornji Petrovci
Municipality
Coat of arms of Municipality of Gornji Petrovci
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci in Slovenia
Location of the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°48′N 16°13′E / 46.800°N 16.217°E / 46.800; 16.217
Country Slovenia
Government
 • MayorFranc Šlihthuber
Area
 • Total
66.8 km2 (25.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
2,175
 • Density33/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02 (CEST)
Websitewww.gornji-petrovci.si Edit this at Wikidata

The Municipality of Gornji Petrovci (pronounced [ˈɡoːɾnji pɛˈtɾoːu̯tsi]; Slovene: Občina Gornji Petrovci) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Gornji Petrovci. The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former larger Municipality of Murska Sobota was subdivided into nine smaller municipalities.[2]

The municipality includes 14 villages, represented in the municipal coat of arms by fourteen simplified blue houses. The shield also includes a heraldic otter holding a golden fish. The municipal holiday is 18 August, chosen as the anniversary of the crash landing of a stratospheric balloon with the Belgian pioneering balloonists Max Cosyns and Nérée van der Elst in 1934.[3]

The majority of the population of the municipality are Lutherans, making the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci one of the very few Slovenian municipalities with a non-Catholic majority.

Settlements

Villages in the municipality

In addition to the municipal seat of Gornji Petrovci, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

References

  1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2010
  2. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. 2007. Vzpostavitev lokalne samouprave v Republiki Sloveniji v številkah, no. 6.
  3. ^ Gornji Petrovci municipal site