The Municipality of Hodoš ( sl, Občina Hodoš ; hu, Hodos község ) is a municipality in

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. The seat of the municipality is the village of Hodoš ( hu, Hodos). It is part of the

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region. Both Slovene and Hungarian are official languages in the municipality. The municipality was established on 7 August 1998, when it was separated from the former Municipality of Hodoš–Šalovci. Hodoš is one of the two municipalities in Slovenia where ethnic

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are a minority; the other is Dobrovnik ( hu, Dobronak). The majority of the population is

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Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Hodoš, the municipality also includes the settlement of Krplivnik ( hu, Kapornak).

Demographics

;Population by native language, 2002 censusRepublic of Slovenia 2002 Census
/ref> : Hungarian: 190 (53.37%) : Slovene: 144 (40.45%) :Others and Unknown: 22 (6.18%) :Total: 356

References

External links

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Municipality of Hodoš on GeopediaHodoš municipal site
1998 establishments in Slovenia Hodoš {{Hodoš-geo-stub