Bunčani Explained

Official Name:Bunčani
Pushpin Map:Slovenia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Slovenia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Slovenia
Subdivision Type1:Traditional region
Subdivision Name1:Styria
Subdivision Type2:Statistical region
Subdivision Name2:Mura
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Veržej
Area Total Km2:3.23
Population As Of:2002
Population Total:206
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:46.5903°N 16.14°W
Elevation M:184.6
Footnotes:[1]

Bunčani (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈbuːntʃani/, German: Wantschen[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Veržej in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Mura Statistical Region.[3]

A small Neo-Gothic chapel with a belfry was built in the settlement in 1890.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stat.si/eng/index.asp Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. Book: Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko . 1904 . C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna . Vienna . 182.
  3. http://www.verzej.si Veržej municipal site
  4. http://rkd.situla.org/ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage