The Municipality of Cirkulane (; sl, Občina Cirkulane) 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 the

Haloze Haloze () is a geographical sub-region of Slovenia. It is in the northeast of the country, in the Styria region. General characteristics Haloze is a hilly area, running roughly east–west bounded by the border with Croatia to the south and the ...

area of

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 settlement of

Cirkulane Cirkulane (, german: Zirkulane) is a settlement in the Haloze area of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Cirkulane. It lies between the right bank of the Drava River and the border with Croatia. The area traditionally belonged to the ...

. The municipality lies between the right bank of the

Drava River The Drava or Drave''Utrata Fachwörterbuch ...

and the border with

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. The area belongs to the traditional region of

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 ...

. It 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 ...

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Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Cirkulane, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Brezovec * Dolane * Gradišča * Gruškovec * Mali Okič *

Medribnik Medribnik () is a settlement in the Municipality of Cirkulane in the Haloze area of eastern Slovenia. It lies in the valley of Belica Creek south of Cirkulane towards the border with Croatia. The area traditionally belonged to the Lower Styria, St ...

* Meje *

Paradiž Paradiž may refer to: * Paradiž, Slovenia, a village near Cirkulane * Paradiž, Croatia, a village near Sveta Nedelja {{geodis ...

Pohorje Pohorje (), also known as the Pohorje Massif or the Pohorje Mountains (german: Bachergebirge, ''Bacherngebirge'' or often simply ''Bachern''), is a mostly wooded, medium-high mountain range south of the Drava River in northeastern Slovenia. Acco ...

* Pristava * Slatina * Veliki Vrh

References

External links

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Municipality of Cirkulane on Geopedia

Cirkulane municipal site

2006 establishments in Slovenia {{Cirkulane-geo-stub