Sveti Primož na Pohorju

Sveti Primož na Pohorju
Sveti Primož na Pohorju Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°33′4.42″N 15°9′57.22″E
Country	Slovenia
Traditional region	Styria
Statistical region	Carinthia
Municipality	Vuzenica
Area
• Total	16.46 km^2 (6.36 sq mi)
Elevation	679.7 m (2,230.0 ft)
Population  (2020)[1][2]
• Total	332
• Density	20/km^2 (52/sq mi)
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Sveti Primož na Pohorju (pronounced [ˈsʋèːti ˈpɾìːmɔʃ na ˈpóːxɔɾju]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Vuzenica in northern Slovenia. It lies south of the town of Vuzenica, a dispersed settlement in the western Pohorje Hills. The settlement, and the municipality, are included in the Carinthia Statistical Region, which is in the Slovenian portion of the historical Duchy of Styria.^[4]

The local parish church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Primus and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It was built in 1789 near the site of an earlier Gothic building mentioned in written documents dating to 1436.^[5]

References

1. Razpotnik, Barica (2020-06-08). "On 1 January 2020, 2,095,861 residents of Slovenia lived in 5,978 settlements; 57 settlements were unpopulated" (Press release). Ljubljana: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 2021-01-09. final data (XLS attachment)
2. Prebivalci po spolu, občine in naselja, Slovenija, 1. januar 2020 [Population by sex, municipalities and resorts, Slovenia, 1 January 2020]. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (XLS) (in Slovenian). Ljubljana. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2021-01-09. (note: for Vuzenica, the municipality is at code 141, followed immediately by its settlements at codes 141001–141105)
3. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
4. Vuzenica municipal site
5. Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 3288

External links

• Sveti Primož na Pohorju on Geopedia