Municipality Of Hoče-Slivnica
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The Municipality of Hoče-Slivnica (; ) is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
south of
Maribor Maribor ( , , ; also known by other #Name, historical names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, second-largest city in Slovenia and the largest city of the traditional region of Styria (Slovenia), Lower Styria. It is the seat of the ...
in northeastern
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. Its administrative seat is
Spodnje Hoče Spodnje Hoče () is a settlement in and the administrative centre of the Municipality of Hoče–Slivnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies below the eastern Pohorje Hills on the edge of the flatlands on the right bank of the Drava River south of ...
.


Geography

The area is part of the traditional region of
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 ...
. It is now included in the
Drava Statistical Region The Drava Statistical Region () 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 through Slovenia as well as the Pohorj ...
. The municipality extends from the flatlands on the right bank of the Drava River into the
Pohorje Pohorje (), also known as the Pohorje Massif or the Pohorje Mountains (, ''Bacherngebirge'' or often simply ''Bachern''), is a mostly wooded, medium-high mountain range south of the Drava River in northeastern Slovenia. According to the traditio ...
Hills. The
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and railway line from Ljubljana to Maribor run through the municipality.Hoče–Slivnica municipal site
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Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Spodnje Hoče, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Bohova * Čreta *
Hočko Pohorje Hočko Pohorje () is a settlement in the Municipality of Hoče-Slivnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the eastern Pohorje Hills south of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria. The municipality is now inc ...
* Hotinja Vas * Orehova Vas * Pivola * Polana * Radizel * Rogoza * Slivnica pri Mariboru * Slivniško Pohorje *
Zgornje Hoče Zgornje Hoče () is a settlement in the Municipality of Hoče–Slivnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies at the eastern foothills of the Pohorje range south of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. The municipality is n ...


References


External links

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Municipality of Hoče–Slivnica on Geopedia

Municipality of Hoče–Slivnica website
1998 establishments in Slovenia Hoce-Slivnica {{HočeSlivnica-geo-stub