The Radvanje District (; sl, Mestna četrt Radvanje) is a city district of the

City Municipality of Maribor The City Municipality of Maribor (), also the City of Maribor ( sl, Mestna občina Maribor, acronym MOM), is one of twelve city municipalities in Slovenia. Its seat is Maribor, the second-largest city in Slovenia. The population of the municipali ...

in northeastern

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. The district has a population of about 8,000.

Name

The name ''Radvanje'' was attested in historical sources as ''Radewan'' in 1096–1105, ''Radvan'' in 1220–1230, and ''Radoan'' in 1282, among other spellings. It is an

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derivation from *''Ra̋dovan′e (selȍ)'' 'Radovanъ's (village)', referring to an early inhabitant of the place.

References

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