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Municipality of Ljutomer

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Country
  
Slovenia

Area
  
107.2 km²

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+01)

Population
  
11,720 (2002)

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Sump 2012 award finalist the municipality of ljutomer


The Municipality of Ljutomer (Slovene: Občina Ljutomer) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia, some 40 kilometers (25 mi) east of Maribor. Traditionally it was part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Mura Statistical Region. Its largest settlement and the administrative center is Ljutomer.

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Map of Municipality of Ljutomer, Slovenia

The municipality includes Ljutomer Ponds–Jeruzalem Hills Nature Park (Slovene: Krajinski park Ljutomerski ribniki – Jeruzalemske gorice), which covers 1,346 hectares (3,330 acres).

The Ljutomer area was the birthplace of the ethnologist and Romantic poet Stanko Vraz (1810–1851), linguist Franc Miklošič (1813–1891), pioneer of film making Karol Grossmann (1864–1929), and painter Ante Trstenjak (1894–1970).

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Municipality of Ljutomer Wikipedia