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Country
  
Austria

District
  
Völkermarkt

Area code
  
04230

Elevation
  
541 m

Local time
  
Wednesday 3:15 AM

State
  
Carinthia

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
www.globasnitz.at

Population
  
1,637 (1 Apr 2009)

Postal code
  
9142

Globasnitz

Weather
  
4°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 67% Humidity

Globasnitz (Slovene: Globasnica) is a town in the district of Völkermarkt in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

Contents

Map of 9142 Globasnitz, Austria

Population

A considerable percentage (42.1%) of the population are Carinthian Slovenes, and Slovene is a second official language of the municipality.

History

In the Carinthian Plebiscite of 1920, Sankt Jakob was one of the 17 Carinthian municipalities, where the majority of the population (52%) voted for the annexation to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia).

References

Globasnitz Wikipedia