The Municipality of Brežice (; ) is a municipality in eastern

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in the Lower Sava Valley along the border with

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. The seat of the municipality is the town of Brežice. The area was traditionally divided between

Lower Styria Styria (, ), also known as Slovenian Styria (; ) or Lower Styria (; ) to differentiate it from Austrian Styria, is a traditional region in northeastern Slovenia, comprising the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria. The population of St ...

(territory on the left bank of the

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) and

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(territory on the right bank of the Sava River). The entire municipality is now included in the

Lower Sava Statistical Region The Lower Sava Statistical Region (; until December 31, 2014 ) is a Statistical regions of Slovenia, statistical region in Slovenia. It has good traffic accessibility and is located in the Sava and Krka Valleys, with hilly areas with vineyards and ...

Geography

Brežice is one of the largest municipalities in

. It lies at the

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of the

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and Krka rivers and also stands at the junction of a number of international traffic routes.

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Brežice, the municipality also includes the following settlements: # Arnovo Selo #

Artiče Artiče (; ) is a settlement in the Municipality of Brežice in eastern Slovenia. It lies in the hills north of the town of Brežice. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region. T ...

# Bizeljska Vas # Bizeljsko # Blatno # Bojsno # Boršt # Bračna Vas # Brezje pri Bojsnem # Brezje pri Veliki Dolini # Brezovica na Bizeljskem # Brvi # Bukošek # Bukovje # Bušeča Vas # Čatež ob Savi #

Čedem Čedem (, in older sources also ''Čedno'Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 68.) is a small settlement in the eastern Žumberak Mounta ...

# Cerina # Cerklje ob Krki # Cirnik # Črešnjice pri Cerkljah # Cundrovec # Curnovec # Dečno Selo # Dednja Vas # Dobeno # Dobova # Dolenja Pirošica # Dolenja Vas pri Artičah # Dolenje Skopice # Dramlja # Drenovec pri Bukovju # Dvorce # Gabrje pri Dobovi # Gaj # Gazice # Globočice # Globoko # Glogov Brod # Gorenja Pirošica # Gorenje Skopice # Gornji Lenart # Gregovce # Hrastje pri Cerkljah # Izvir # Jereslavec #

Jesenice Jesenice (, ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 144.) is the tenth-largest town in Slovenia, located in the traditional province of Upper C ...

# Kamence # Kapele # Koritno # Kraška Vas # Križe # Krška Vas # Laze # Loče # Mala Dolina # Mali Cirnik # Mali Obrež # Mali Vrh # Mihalovec # Mostec # Mrzlava Vas # Nova Vas ob Sotli # Nova Vas pri Mokricah # Obrežje # Oklukova Gora # Orešje na Bizeljskem # Pavlova Vas # Pečice # Perišče # Piršenbreg # Pišece # Podgorje pri Pišecah # Podgračeno # Podvinje # Ponikve # Poštena Vas # Prilipe # Račja Vas #

Rajec Rajec (; ) is a town in the Žilina District, Žilina Region in northern Slovakia. Etymology Rajec, Rajčianka, Rajčanka are derived from Proto-Slavic appellative ''*rajь'' – a wet, muddy place (modern Slovak ''raj'' – a paradise, "a pl ...

# Rakovec # Ribnica # Rigonce # Sela pri Dobovi # Silovec # Slogonsko # Slovenska Vas # Sobenja Vas # Spodnja Pohanca # Sromlje # Stankovo # Stara Vas–Bizeljsko # Stojanski Vrh # Trebež # Velika Dolina # Velike Malence # Veliki Obrež # Vinji Vrh # Vitna Vas # Volčje # Vrhje # Vrhovska Vas # Zasap # Žejno # Zgornja Pohanca # Zgornji Obrež # Župeča Vas # Župelevec

Tourism

The area's many

hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a Spring (hydrology), spring produced by the emergence of Geothermal activity, geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow ...

s have contributed to the development of the largest natural spa and the second largest tourist center in Slovenia, Čateške Toplice (the Terme Čatež Thermal Health Resort).Terme Čatež site
/ref> The Municipality of Brežice also offers visitors recreation and entertainment, as well as sports including hunting and fishing. The surrounding hills are ideal for fruit growing and

viticulture Viticulture (, "vine-growing"), viniculture (, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine ...

. The

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s of the Bizeljsko and Pišece districts are renowned for their top-quality wines.

References

External links

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Municipality of Brežice on Geopedia

Brežice municipal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Municipality of Brezice Brezice Brezice 1994 establishments in Slovenia