The Municipality of Pesnica ( sl, Občina Pesnica) is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in northeastern
Slovenia
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. The seat of the municipality is
Pesnica pri Mariboru, a suburb near
Maribor. It lies at the western end of the
Slovene Hills
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in the Upper
Pesnica Valley. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria. It is now included in the
Drava Statistical Region as part of the Pesnica Administrative Unit ( sl, Upravna enota Pesnica). The main economic activities in the area are tourism, transportation, viticulture, winemaking, craftsmanship and farming.
Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Pesnica pri Mariboru, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
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Dolnja Počehova
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Dragučova
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Drankovec
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Flekušek
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Gačnik
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Jareninski Dol
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Jareninski Vrh
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Jelenče
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Kušernik
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Ložane
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Mali Dol
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Pernica
Pernica (; german: Pernitzen) is a village in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.
The parish church in the settleme ...
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Pesniški Dvor
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Počenik
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Polička Vas
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Polički Vrh
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Ranca
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Ročica
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Slatenik
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Spodnje Dobrenje
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Spodnje Hlapje
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Spodnji Jakobski Dol
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Vajgen
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Vosek
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Vukovje
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Vukovski Dol
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Vukovski Vrh
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Zgornje Hlapje
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Zgornji Jakobski Dol
Notable people
Notable people from Pesnica include:
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Rene Krhin
Rene Krhin (born 21 May 1990) is a Slovenian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfielder.
Club career
Internazionale
Born in Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Slovenia), ...
(born 1990), a football player
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Jan Muršak
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(born 1988), a hockey player
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Tone Partljič (born 1940), a writer, screenwriter, and politician
* (1961–1992), a writer and journalist who was killed in
Sarajevo
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during the war
References
External links
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Pesnica municipal siteMunicipality of Pesnica on Geopedia
Pesnica
Pesnica
1994 establishments in Slovenia
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