Municipality of Hodoš | |
Native Name: | Slovenian: Občina Hodoš Hungarian: Hodos község |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Coordinates: | 46.8167°N 36°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Rudolf Bunderla |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 18.1 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 312 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +01 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02 |
The Municipality of Hodoš (Slovenian: Občina Hodoš in Slovenian pronounced as /ˈóːptʃina ˈxóːdɔʃ/; Hungarian: Hodos község in Hungarian pronounced as /ˈhodoʃ ˈkøʃʃeːɡ/) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the village of Hodoš (Hungarian: Hodos).[2] It is part of the Prekmurje region. Both Slovene and Hungarian are official languages in the municipality. The municipality was established on 7 August 1998, when it was separated from the former Municipality of Hodoš–Šalovci.[3]
Hodoš is one of the two municipalities in Slovenia where ethnic Slovenes are a minority; the other is Dobrovnik (Hungarian: Dobronak). The majority of the population is Lutheran.
In addition to the municipal seat of Hodoš, the municipality also includes the settlement of Krplivnik (Hungarian: Kapornak).