The City Municipality of Ptuj (; sl, Mestna občina Ptuj) is a

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 go ...

in northeastern

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

. The seat of the municipality is the town of

Ptuj Ptuj (; german: Pettau, ; la, Poetovium/Poetovio) is a town in northeastern Slovenia that is the seat of the Municipality of Ptuj. Ptuj, the oldest recorded city in Slovenia, has been inhabited since the late Stone Age and developed from a Roman ...

. The area is part of the traditional

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

region. The entire municipality is now included in the

Drava Statistical Region The Drava Statistical Region ( sl, Podravska statistična regija) is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest city in the region is Maribor. The region's name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course thro ...

. The population of the municipality is about 23,700.Ptuj municipal site
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Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Ptuj, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Grajena * Grajenščak * Kicar * Krčevina pri Vurbergu * Mestni Vrh * Pacinje *

Podvinci Podvinci () is a village in the Municipality of Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the we ...

* Spodnji Velovlek *

Spuhlja Spuhlja (, in older sources ''Spuhla'', german: Pichldorf) is a settlement in the Municipality of Ptuj in northeastern Slovenia. It lies east of the town of Ptuj, just north of Lake Ptuj (a reservoir on the Drava River). The area is part of the tr ...

References

External links

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City Municipality of Ptuj website

City Municipality of Ptuj on Geopedia
Municipalities in Styria (Slovenia) 1994 establishments in Slovenia {{Ptuj-geo-stub