The Municipality of Žalec (; sl, Občina Žalec) is a municipality in
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
in the traditional region of
Styria. The seat of the municipality is the town of
Žalec
Žalec (; german: Sachsenfeld''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 44.) is a town in central Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipalit ...
. The municipality was established in its current form on 7 August 1998, when the former larger municipality of Žalec was divided into six smaller municipalities.
Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. 2007. ''Vzpostavitev lokalne samouprave v Republiki Sloveniji v številkah,'' no. 6.
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Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Žalec, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
* Arja Vas
* Brnica
* Dobriša Vas
* Drešinja Vas
* Galicija
* Gotovlje
* Grče
* Griže
* Hramše
* Kale
* Kasaze
* Levec
* Liboje
* Ložnica pri Žalcu
* Mala Pirešica
* Migojnice
* Novo Celje
* Pernovo
* Petrovče
Petrovče () is a village on the left bank of the Savinja River in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region.
Chu ...
* Podkraj
* Podlog v Savinjski Dolini
* Podvin
* Pongrac
* Ponikva pri Žalcu
* Ruše
Ruše (; german: Maria Rast) is a small town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Ruše and lies on the right bank of the Drava River west of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now inc ...
* Šempeter v Savinjski Dolini
Šempeter v Savinjski Dolini (, also / / ; sl, Šempeter v Savinjski dolini) is a village in the Municipality of Žalec in east-central Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Savinja River east of Žalec. The Slovenian A1 motorway crosses ...
* Spodnje Grušovlje
* Spodnje Roje
* Studence
* Velika Pirešica
* Vrbje
* Zabukovica
* Zalog pri Šempetru
* Zaloška Gorica
* Zavrh pri Galiciji
* Železno
* Zgornje Grušovlje
* Zgornje Roje
References
External links
Municipality of Žalec website
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1998 establishments in Slovenia
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