| Official Name: | Miklavž na Dravskem Polju |
| Other Name: | Sveti Miklavž (until 1955) |
| 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: | Miklavž na Dravskem Polju |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 3808 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.5057°N 15.6993°W |
| Elevation M: | 259.5 |
| Postal Code: | 2204 Miklavž na Dravskem polju |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Miklavž na Dravskem Polju (in Slovenian pronounced as /miˈkláːwʃ na ˈdɾàːwskɛm ˈpóːlju/; Slovenian: Miklavž na Dravskem polju) is the largest settlement and the seat of the Municipality of Miklavž na Dravskem Polju in northeastern Slovenia. It lies on the right bank of the Drava River southeast of Maribor. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Miklavž (literally, 'Saint Nicholas') to Miklavž na Dravskem polju (literally, 'Nicholas on the Drava Plain') in 1955. 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 parish church from which the settlement and municipality get their name is dedicated to Saint Nicholas (Slovenian: sveti Miklavž) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was first mentioned in written documents dated to 1382, but the current building is a 16th-century structure.[6]