The Municipality of Hodoš ( sl, Občina Hodoš ; hu, Hodos község ) is a municipality in

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 village of

Hodoš Hodoš (; hu, Hodos or , german: Hodosch) is a village in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Hodoš. It is part of the Prekmurje region. Name Hodoš was first mentioned in written sources in 1331 as ''de Hudus-feu'' (and as ''Hodos' ...

( hu, Hodos). It is part of the

Prekmurje Prekmurje (; dialectically: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; hu, Muravidék) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur Ri ...

region. Both Slovene and Hungarian are official languages in the municipality. The municipality was established on 7 August 1998, when it was separated from the former Municipality of Hodoš–Šalovci. Hodoš is one of the two municipalities in Slovenia where ethnic

Slovenes The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Slovenci ), are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Slovenia, and adjacent regions in Italy, Austria and Hungary. Slovenes share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak Slovene as their n ...

are a minority; the other is Dobrovnik ( hu, Dobronak). The majority of the population is

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Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Hodoš, the municipality also includes the settlement of

Krplivnik Krplivnik (; hu, Kapornak) is a village on the right bank of the Big Krka River ( sl, Velika Krka) in the Municipality of Hodoš in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia. It is separated into two hamlets: Veliki Krplivnik in the west and Mali Krplivni ...

( hu, Kapornak).

Demographics

;Population by native language, 2002 censusRepublic of Slovenia 2002 Census
/ref> : Hungarian: 190 (53.37%) : Slovene: 144 (40.45%) :Others and Unknown: 22 (6.18%) :Total: 356

References

External links

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Municipality of Hodoš on GeopediaHodoš municipal site
1998 establishments in Slovenia

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