Brežice

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Občina Brežice
Coat of arms of the municipality of Brežice
Location of Brežice in Slovenia
Area: 268.1 km²
Population 23,253
 - males 11,358
 - females 11,895
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Average age: 42.48 years
Residential areas: 34.16 m²/person
 - households: 7,948
 - families: 6,676
Working active: 10,804
 - unemployed: 1,876
Average monthly salary (August 2003):
 - gross: 221,650 SIT
 - net: 142,945 SIT
College/university students: 798
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002.

Brežice is a municipality in Slovenia in Posavje, near Croatian border.

Controversial Serbian figure Željko Ražnatović (Arkan) was born in Brežice in 1952, as his father served in the municipality as an officer in the Yugoslavian Air Force.

[edit] External links

  • Brežice, official page of municipality (in Slovene)
 
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Coordinates: 45°54′N 15°35′E