The Municipality of Gornji Petrovci (pronounced [ˈɡoːɾnji pɛˈtɾoːu̯tsi]; Slovene: Občina Gornji Petrovci) is a municipalityinSlovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Gornji Petrovci. The municipality was established in its current form on 3 October 1994, when the former larger Municipality of Murska Sobota was subdivided into nine smaller municipalities.[2]
Municipality of Gornji Petrovci
Občina Gornji Petrovci
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Location of the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci in Slovenia
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| Coordinates: 46°48′N 16°13′E / 46.800°N 16.217°E / 46.800; 16.217 | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Franc Šlihthuber |
| Area | |
| • Total | 66.8 km2 (25.8 sq mi) |
| Population
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| • Total | 2,175 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (84/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The municipality includes 14 villages, represented in the municipal coat of arms by fourteen simplified blue houses. The shield also includes a heraldic otter holding a golden fish. The municipal holiday is 18 August, chosen as the anniversary of the crash landing of a stratospheric balloon with the Belgian pioneering balloonists Max Cosyns and Nérée van der Elst in 1934.[3]
The majority of the population of the municipality are Lutherans, making the Municipality of Gornji Petrovci one of the very few Slovenian municipalities with a non-Catholic majority.
In addition to the municipal seat of Gornji Petrovci, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
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