The Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki (; sl, Občina Kostanjevica na Krki) is a

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in the traditional

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region of southern

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. The seat of the municipality is the town of Kostanjevica na Krki. It is part of the

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.Kostanjevica na Krki municipal site
/ref> It is located in the northern foothills of the Gorjanci Hills and extends to the border with

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Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Kostanjevica na Krki, the municipality also includes the following settlements: *

Avguštine Avguštine (; in older sources also ''Avgustine'Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 70.) is a settlement in the Municipality of Kostanje ...

* Črešnjevec pri Oštrcu * Črneča Vas * Dobe * Dobrava pri Kostanjevici * Dolnja Prekopa * Dolšce * Globočice pri Kostanjevici * Gornja Prekopa * Grič * Ivanjše * Jablance * Karlče * Kočarija * Koprivnik * Male Vodenice * Malence * Orehovec * Oštrc * Podstrm * Ržišče * Sajevce * Slinovce * Velike Vodenice * Vrbje * Vrtača * Zaboršt

References

External links

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Municipality of Kostanjevica na Krki on Geopedia

Kostanjevica municipal website
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