The Municipality of Dravograd (; sl, Občina Dravograd) is a

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in northern

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, on the border with

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. The seat of the municipality is the town of

Dravograd Dravograd (; german: Unterdrauburg) is a small town in northern Slovenia, close to the border with Austria. It is the seat of the Municipality of Dravograd. It lies on the Drava River at the confluence with the Meža and the Mislinja. It is ...

. The

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runs through the middle of the municipality. Most of its territory is part of the traditional Slovenian province of

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, but a large southern and eastern part of its territory is part of the traditional Slovenian province of

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. It is also part of the larger

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Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Dravograd, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Bukovje *

Bukovska Vas Bukovska Vas (; sl, Bukovska vas, german: Buchdorf) is a settlement on the left bank of the Mislinja River in the Municipality of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia. It includes the hamlet of Sveta Jedrt (or Sveta Jedert).Sa ...

* Črneče * Črneška Gora *

Dobrova pri Dravogradu Dobrova pri Dravogradu () is a village south of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia. Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Dobrova'' to ''Dobrova pri Dravogradu'' in 1955. Church The local church Church may refer ...

Gorče Gorče () is a small settlement on a river terrace above the right bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia, right on the border with Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich offici ...

* Goriški Vrh * Kozji Vrh nad Dravogradom *

Libeliče Libeliče (; in older sources also ''Ljibeliče'',''Spezial-orts-repertorium von Kärnten. Neubearbeitung auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Volkszählung vom 31. Dezember 1890''. 1894. Vienna: Alfred Hölder, p. 78. German: ''Leifling'') is a village ...

Libeliška Gora Libeliška Gora () is a dispersed settlement in the hills south of Libeliče in the Municipality of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia, right on the border with Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Repu ...

* Ojstrica *

Otiški Vrh Otiški Vrh (, in older sources also ''Otišni vrh'', german: Ottischnigberg) is a dispersed settlement in the hills southeast of Dravograd in the Styria region in northern Slovenia. Geography The Mislinja River joins the Meža River from the ...

Podklanc Podklanc () is a settlement on the left bank of the Meža River south of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in ...

Selovec Selovec ( or ) is a dispersed settlement in the hills south of Dravograd in the Slovenian Carinthia, Carinthia region in northern Slovenia. Mass graves Selovec is the site of three known Mass graves in Slovenia, mass graves or unmarked graves a ...

Šentjanž pri Dravogradu Šentjanž pri Dravogradu ( or ) is a settlement on the left bank of the Mislinja River south of Dravograd in northern Slovenia, in the traditional region of Styria. Mass graves Šentjanž pri Dravogradu is the site of two known mass graves asso ...

Sveti Boštjan Sveti Boštjan () is a small village on the right bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia. The local church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Sebastian ( ...

Sveti Danijel Sveti Danijel () is a dispersed settlement in the hills east of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia. The local church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to the Prophet Daniel. It was built in 1625 on the sit ...

* Sveti Duh * Tolsti Vrh pri Ravnah na Koroškem *

Trbonje Trbonje () is a village on the right bank of the Drava River east of Dravograd in the Slovenia Styria region in northern Slovenia. Name Trbonje was mentioned in written sources in 1251 as ''in Trebenne'' (and as ''Trefunn'' in 1345, ''ze Trafim' ...

* Tribej * Velka * Vič *

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These settlements are grouped into five local communities: Dravograd, Črneče, Libeliče, Šentjanž pri Dravogradu, and Trbonje.

References

External links

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Municipality of Dravograd on Geopedia

Municipality of Dravograd website

Carinthia (Slovenia) 1994 establishments in Slovenia {{Dravograd-geo-stub