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

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

in eastern

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, on the border with

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. The seat of the municipality is the town of Rogatec. The area belongs to the traditional region of

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. It 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 ...

. The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former larger Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah was subdivided into the municipalities of Kozje, Podčetrtek, Rogaška Slatina, Rogatec, and

Šmarje pri Jelšah Šmarje pri Jelšah (; german: Sankt Marein bei Erlachstein''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 62.) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It i ...

.Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. 2007. ''Vzpostavitev lokalne samouprave v Republiki Sloveniji v številkah,'' no. 6.
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Settlements

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

Brezovec pri Rogatcu Brezovec pri Rogatcu () is a settlement west of the town of Rogatec in eastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region The Savinja Statistical Region ( sl, Savinjska ...

* Dobovec pri Rogatcu * Donačka Gora * Log * Sveti Jurij * Tlake * Trlično * Žahenberc

References

External links

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Municipality of Rogatec website

Municipality of Rogatec on Geopedia
Rogatec 1994 establishments in Slovenia Rogatec {{Rogatec-geo-stub