The Municipality of Ormož (; ) 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' ...

in the traditional region of

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in northeastern

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. The seat of the municipality is the town of

Ormož Ormož (; in older sources , , , Prekmurje Slovene: ''Ormošd'') is a town in the traditional region of Prlekija, part of Styria (Slovenia), Styria, in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the left bank of the Drava, Drava River and borders with Croa ...

. Ormož became a municipality in 1994. It borders

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Geography

The municipality includes Jeruzalem–Ormož Hills Nature Park (), which covers .Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning: Širša zavarovana območja (Large Protected Areas).
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Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Ormož, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Bresnica * Cerovec Stanka Vraza *

Cvetkovci Cvetkovci (, ) is a village in the Municipality of Ormož northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. The area is also known as Prlekija. The earlie ...

* Dobrava * Dobrovščak * Drakšl * Frankovci * Gomila pri Kogu * Hajndl * Hardek * Hermanci * Hujbar * Hum pri Ormožu * Ivanjkovci * Jastrebci * Kajžar * Kog * Krčevina * Lačaves * Lahonci * Lešnica * Lešniški Vrh *

Libanja Libanja () is a settlement in the hills north of Ormož in northeastern Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional Styria region and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. There is a small chapel with a belfry in the settlement. It w ...

* Litmerk * Loperšice * Lunovec * Mali Brebrovnik * Mihalovci * Mihovci pri Veliki Nedelji * Miklavž pri Ormožu * Osluševci * Pavlovci *

Pavlovski Vrh Pavlovski Vrh () is a settlement in the hills north of Pavlovci in the Municipality of Ormož in northeastern Slovenia. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region The Drava Statistic ...

* Podgorci * Preclava * Pušenci * Ritmerk * Runeč * Šardinje * Senešci * Sodinci * Spodnji Ključarovci * Stanovno * Strezetina * Strjanci *

Strmec pri Ormožu Strmec may refer to: Places in Croatia: * Strmec, Sveta Nedelja, a village near Sveta Nedelja, Zagreb County (also known as Strmec Samoborski from 1910 to 1991) * Strmec Podravski, a village near Petrijanec, Varaždin County * Strmec Stubički, a v ...

* Svetinje * Trgovišče * Trstenik * Veličane * Velika Nedelja * Veliki Brebrovnik * Vičanci * Vinski Vrh * Vitan * Vodranci * Vuzmetinci * Zasavci * Žerovinci * Žvab

References

External links

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Municipality of Ormož on GeopediaMunicipality of Ormož website
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1994 establishments in Slovenia