The Municipality of Prebold (; sl, Občina Prebold) is a small
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
in central
Slovenia
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. The seat of the municipality is
Prebold. The municipality lies on the edge of the lower
Savinja Valley at the northern edge of the Sava Hills west of
Celje
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. The area is part of the traditional region of
Styria
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. The municipality is now included in the
Savinja Statistical Region
The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River. The region is very diverse in natural geography; it mainly c ...
.
Prebold municipal site
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Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Prebold, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
* Dolenja Vas
* Kaplja Vas
* Latkova Vas
* Marija Reka
* Matke
* Šešče pri Preboldu
* Sveti Lovrenc
References
External links
*
Municipality Prebold
at Geopedia
Municipality of Prebold website
Prebold
1998 establishments in Slovenia
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