The Municipality of Črna na Koroškem ( sl, Občina Črna na Koroškem) 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 northern

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. The seat of the municipality is the town of

Črna na Koroškem Črna na Koroškem (; german: Schwarzenbach) is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Črna na Koroškem. It lies in the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia, close to the border with Austria. Since 2005 it has ...

. It lies in the traditional Slovenian province of

Carinthia Carinthia (german: Kärnten ; sl, Koroška ) is the southernmost States of Austria, Austrian state, in the Eastern Alps, and is noted for its mountains and lakes. The main language is German language, German. Its regional dialects belong to t ...

,Črna na Koroškem municipal site
close to the border with

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. Since 2005 it has been part of the larger

Carinthia Statistical Region The Carinthia Statistical Region ( sl, Koroška statistična regija) is a statistical region in northern Slovenia along the border with Austria. The region is difficult to access and is poorly connected with the central part of Slovenia. The env ...

Geography

The municipal area stretches along the upper

Meža The Meža ( Slovene) or Mieß (German; ) is a river in the Austrian state of Carinthia and in Slovenia, a right tributary of the Drava. It is long, of which are in Slovenia. Its catchment area is , of which in Slovenia. Name The Meža River w ...

Valley at the confluence of the Meža River with its tributary Javorje Creek ( sl, Javorski potok). The surrounding mountains of the

Karawanks The Karawanks or Karavankas or Karavanks ( sl, Karavanke; german: Karawanken, ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps on the border between Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: ...

and

Kamnik–Savinja Alps The Kamnik–Savinja Alps ( sl, Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps. They lie in northern Slovenia, except for the northernmost part, which lies in Austria. The western part of the range was named the Ka ...

ranges include the Peca massif at the Austrian border in the northwest, with the summit of Kordež Head ( sl, Kordeževa glava) reaching an elevation of . Due to its picturesque setting, the municipality is a popular destination for mountain

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Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Črna na Koroškem, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Bistra * Javorje * Jazbina * Koprivna * Ludranski Vrh * Podpeca * Topla * Žerjav

References

External links

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Municipality of Črna na Koroškem on Geopedia
Municipalities of Slovenia Carinthia (Slovenia) {{ČrnanaKoroškem-geo-stub