| Šentjernej Občina Šentjernej |
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| — Town and Municipality — | |
| Location of the Municipality of Šentjernej in Slovenia | |
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Šentjernej
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| Country | Slovenia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Franc Hudoklin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 96.0 km2 (37.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,583 |
| • Density | 68.6/km2 (177.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02) |
Šentjernej is a small town and a municipality in southeastern Slovenia. The area was traditionally part of Lower Carniola. It is now included in the Southeast Slovenia statistical region.[2]
The parish church, from which the town also gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew (Slovene: Sveti Jernej) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It is a Baroque building with remains of two earlier churches, one Romanesque from the 12th century and the other a 15th-century Gothic one, preserved in the floor of the current building. Two 18th-century side altars were brought to the church from the Cistercian monastery at Kostanjevica[3]
Šentjernej is twinned with:
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