Spodnji Velovlek

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Spodnji Velovlek
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Spodnji Velovlek
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°27′52.85″N15°55′13.47″E / 46.4646806°N 15.9204083°E / 46.4646806; 15.9204083 Coordinates: 46°27′52.85″N15°55′13.47″E / 46.4646806°N 15.9204083°E / 46.4646806; 15.9204083
Country Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Traditional region Styria
Statistical region Drava
Municipality Ptuj
Area
 • Total 4.07 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Elevation 228 m (748 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 220
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Spodnji Velovlek (pronounced  [ˈspoːdnji ʋɛˈloːu̯lɛk] ) is a settlement on the right bank of the Pesnica River in the City Municipality of Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region. [2]

Pesnica (river) river in Styria, northeastern Slovenia

The Pesnica is a river in Styria, southeastern Austria and Styria, northeastern Slovenia. It is 69 km long, of which 65 km in Slovenia. Its catchment area is about 550 km2, of which 539 km2 in Slovenia. Its source is near Glanz an der Weinstraße, near the Austrian-Slovenian border. It passes Zgornja Kungota, Pesnica, Pernica, the castle at Hrastovec v Slovenskih Goricah, Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah, the monastery of Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah, Dornava, and Velika Nedelja, and then merges with the Drava near Ormož, on the border with Croatia.

Municipality An administrative division having corporate status and usually some powers of self-government or jurisdiction

A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. It is to be distinguished (usually) from the county, which may encompass rural territory or numerous small communities such as towns, villages and hamlets.

Ptuj City in Styria, Slovenia

Ptuj is a town in northeastern Slovenia that is the seat of the Municipality of Ptuj. Ptuj, the oldest recorded city in Slovenia, has been inhabited since the late Stone Age and developed from a Roman military fort. Ptuj was located at a strategically important crossing of the Drava River, along a prehistoric trade route between the Baltic Sea and the Adriatic. Traditionally the area was part of the Styria region and became part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. In the early 20th century the majority of the residents were ethnic Germans, but today the population is largely Slovene. Residents of Ptuj are known as Ptujčani in Slovene.

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References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Ptuj municipal site


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