Municipality of Lendava

Municipality of Lendava Občina Lendava Lendva község
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Lendava in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°34′N 16°27′E
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Janez Magyar
Area [1]
• Total	121 km^2 (47 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	10,404
• Density	86/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Website	www.lendava.si

The Municipality of Lendava (pronounced [ˈleːndaʋa] ^ⓘ; Slovene: Občina Lendava; Hungarian: Lendva község) is a municipality in the traditional region of Prekmurje in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Lendava. Lendava became a municipality in 1994.^[2] It borders Croatia.

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Lendava, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

• Banuta
• Benica
• Brezovec
• Čentiba
• Dolga Vas
• Dolgovaške Gorice
• Dolina pri Lendavi
• Dolnji Lakoš
• Gaberje
• Genterovci
• Gornji Lakoš
• Hotiza
• Kamovci
• Kapca
• Kot
• Lendavske Gorice
• Mostje
• Petišovci
• Pince
• Pince–Marof
• Radmožanci
• Trimlini

Demographics

The population by native language according to the 2002 census was:^[3]

• Slovene: 5,516 (49.47%)
• Hungarian: 4,390 (39.37%)
• Other Europeans and unknown: 1,245 (11.16%)
• Total: 11,151

References

1. "Občina Lendava". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
2. Vzpostavitev lokalne samouprave v Republiki Sloveniji v številkah. Ljubljana: Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. 2007. p. 65. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
3. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

External links

• Media related to Municipality of Lendava at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipality of Lendava on Geopedia
• Lendava municipal site