Municipality of Gornji Petrovci

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]

Municipality of Gornji Petrovci

Občina Gornji Petrovci
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°48′N 16°13′E
Country Slovenia
Government
 • MayorFranc Šlihthuber
Area
 • Total66.8 km2 (25.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total2,175
 • Density33/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02 (CEST)
Websitewww.gornji-petrovci.si

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

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
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