| Official Name: | Lovrenc na Dravskem Polju |
| Other Name: | Sveti Lovrenc na Dravskem Polju (until 1952) |
| 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: | Drava |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kidričevo |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.73 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 657 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.3784°N 15.7797°W |
| Elevation M: | 236.9 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Lovrenc na Dravskem Polju (in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈlɔ́ːwɾɛnts na ˈdɾàːwskɛm ˈpóːlju/; Slovenian: Lovrenc na Dravskem polju) is a village in the Municipality of Kidričevo in northeastern Slovenia. Traditionally the entire area was part of the Styria region. It is now included with the rest of the municipality in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Lovrenc na Dravskem polju (literally, 'Saint Lawrence on the Drava Plain') to Lovrenc na Dravskem polju (literally, 'Lawrence on the Drava Plain') in 1952. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[3] [4] [5]
The local parish church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Lawrence and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in 1414 on the site of an earlier church, first mentioned in written documents dating to 1323. Part of a late 12th-century structure is incorporated into the sanctuary.[6]