Municipality of Ljutomer

Municipality of Ljutomer
Občina Ljutomer
Municipality

Location of the Municipality of Ljutomer in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°31′N 16°12′E / 46.517°N 16.200°E / 46.517; 16.200Coordinates: 46°31′N 16°12′E / 46.517°N 16.200°E / 46.517; 16.200
Country  Slovenia
Government
 • Mayor Olga Karba
Area
 • Total 107.2 km2 (41.4 sq mi)
Population (2002)[1]
 • Total 11,720
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+01)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02)

The Municipality of Ljutomer (Slovene: Občina Ljutomer) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia, some 40 kilometers (25 mi) east of Maribor. Traditionally it was part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Mura Statistical Region.[2] Its largest settlement and the administrative center is Ljutomer.

The municipality includes Ljutomer Ponds–Jeruzalem Hills Nature Park (Slovene: Krajinski park Ljutomerski ribniki – Jeruzalemske gorice), which covers 1,346 hectares (3,330 acres).[3]

The Ljutomer area was the birthplace of the ethnologist and Romantic poet Stanko Vraz (1810–1851), linguist Franc Miklošič (1813–1891), pioneer of film making Karol Grossmann (1864–1929), and painter Ante Trstenjak (1894–1970).

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
  2. ↑ Ljutomer municipal site
  3. ↑ Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning: Širša zavarovana območja (Large Protected Areas).

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