The Municipality of Mežica (; ) is a

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in the traditional region of

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in northern

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. The seat of the municipality is the town of

Mežica Mežica (; German: ''Mießdorf'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Mežica. It lies on the Meža River in the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia) near the Austrian border. The town developed close to ...

. Mežica became a municipality in 1994. It borders

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Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Mežica, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Breg * Lom * Onkraj Meže *

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* Podkraj pri Mežici

References

External links

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Municipality of Mežica on GeopediaMežica municipal site

1994 establishments in Slovenia {{Mežica-geo-stub