The Municipality of Šentrupert () 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 southeastern

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. The seat of the municipality is the town of

Šentrupert Šentrupert (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a village in the traditional Lower Carniola region in southeastern Slovenia. ...

. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. It is now included in the

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. Šentrupert was established on 14 June 2006. Before that date, it was a local community within the

Municipality of Trebnje The Municipality of Trebnje (; ) is a municipality in Slovenia in the traditional region of Lower Carniola. The seat of the municipality is the town of Trebnje. The municipality was established on 3 October 1994. It was increased in size on 6 Aug ...

. On 15 April 2010, the municipal councillors adopted a coat of arms and flag proposed by Aleksander Hribovšek. The coat of arms was based upon that posthumously and fictitiously attributed to

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and that of the family of Barbo von Waxenstein. It consists of a

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or (gold) on a field azure (blue) holding a crescent argent (silver) in its right paw.

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Šentrupert, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Bistrica *

Brinje Brinje is a settlement and a municipality in Lika-Senj County, Croatia. It is located about east of Senj and north of Gospić. Geography The town is formed around a castle called ''Sokolac'', which contains one of the most well preserved G ...

Dolenje Jesenice Dolenje Jesenice (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Šentrupert in southeastern Slo ...

* Draga pri Šentrupertu * Gorenje Jesenice * Hom *

Hrastno Hrastno () is a settlement in the hills northeast of Šentrupert in the historical region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The Municipality of Šentrupert is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region The Southeast Slove ...

* Kamnje * Kostanjevica *

Mali Cirnik pri Šentjanžu Mali Cirnik pri Šentjanžu ( or ; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna.) is a village in the Municipality of Šentrupert in southeastern Slov ...

* Okrog * Prelesje *

Ravne nad Šentrupertom Ravne nad Šentrupertom () is a small settlement in the hills north of Šentrupert in the Lower Carniola region of southeastern Slovenia. The entire Municipality of Šentrupert is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region The Southeas ...

Rakovnik pri Šentrupertu Rakovnik pri Šentrupertu ( or ; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a village in the Municipality of Šentrupert in southeastern ...

* Ravnik *

Roženberk Roženberk (; in older sources also ''Rosenberg'Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 84.) is a small settlement north of Dolenje Jesenice ...

Škrljevo Škrljevo is a village in Primorje, Croatia, located north of Bakar. The population is 1,344 (census 2011). Škrljevo was mentioned by name for the first time during the reign of Petar Zrinski, in a document from 1667. Near the railway station ...

* Slovenska Vas * Straža * Trstenik * Vesela Gora * Vrh * Zabukovje * Zaloka

References

External links

*
Municipality of Šentrupert on Geopedia

Šentrupert municipal site

2006 establishments in Slovenia {{Šentrupert-geo-stub