Municipality of Dravograd | |
Native Name: | Občina Dravograd |
Native Name Lang: | sl |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Coordinates: | 46.5833°N 16°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Anton Preksavec |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 105.0 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 8863 |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +01 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02 |
The Municipality of Dravograd (pronounced as /sl/; sl|Občina Dravograd) is a municipality in northern Slovenia, on the border with Austria. The seat of the municipality is the town of Dravograd. The Drava River runs through the middle of the municipality. Most of its territory is part of the traditional Slovenian province of Carinthia,[2] but a large southern and eastern part of its territory is part of the traditional Slovenian province of Styria.[3] It is also part of the larger Carinthia Statistical Region.
In addition to the municipal seat of Dravograd, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
These settlements are grouped into five local communities: Dravograd, Črneče, Libeliče, Šentjanž pri Dravogradu, and Trbonje.