Šalovci

Šalovci
Občina Šalovci
Town and Municipality
Village bell in Šalovci

Location of the Municipality of Šalovci in Slovenia
Šalovci
Location of the Town of Šalovci in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°49′30″N 16°17′53″E / 46.82500°N 16.29806°E / 46.82500; 16.29806Coordinates: 46°49′30″N 16°17′53″E / 46.82500°N 16.29806°E / 46.82500; 16.29806
Country  Slovenia
Government
 • Mayor Iztok Fartek
Area
 • Total 58.2 km2 (22.5 sq mi)
Population (2016)[1]
 • Total 397
 • Density 6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02 (CEST)

Šalovci (pronounced [ˈʃaːlɔu̯tsi];[2] Hungarian: Sal[3]) is a village and a municipality in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia.

The writer Mihály Bakos was born in the village.

Demographics

Population by native language, 2002 census [4]
Slovene 1,593 (92.72%)
Hungarian 88 (5.13%)
Others and unknown 37 (2.15%)
Total 1,718

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
  2. ↑ Jakopin, Franc, et al. 1985. Slovenska krajevna imena. Ljubljana: Cankarjeva založba, p. 284.
  3. ↑ Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 14.
  4. ↑ Statistical office of the Republic of Slovenia
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.