Official Name: | Kančevci |
Other Name: | Felsőszentbenedek |
Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
Subdivision Name1: | Prekmurje |
Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
Subdivision Name2: | Mura |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Moravske Toplice |
Area Total Km2: | 4.1 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Total: | 55 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 46.756°N 16.2394°W |
Elevation M: | 331.5 |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Kančevci (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈkaːntʃɛu̯tsi/; Hungarian: Felsőszentbenedek,[2] Prekmurje Slovene: Kančovci[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Moravske Toplice in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[3]
The parish church, built to the east of the main settlement, is dedicated to Saint Benedict. It was first mentioned in written sources dating to 1208. It has a single nave with a polygonal choir and was extensively renovated and rebuilt in a Neo-Romanesque style in 1898.[4] It belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota.[5]