Municipality of Sevnica Občina Sevnica
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Sevnica in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°00′N 15°18′E / 46°N 15.3°E / 46; 15.3
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Srečko Ocvirk
Area
• Total	272.17 km2 (105.09 sq mi)
Population  (2010) [1]
• Total	17,631
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02 ( CEST)
Website	www.obcina-sevnica.si

The Municipality of Sevnica ( Slovene: Občina Sevnica) is a municipality along the Sava and the Mirna Rivers in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sevnica. Today it is part of the Lower Sava Statistical Region. It is the 12th-largest municipality by area in Slovenia. ^[1]

Settlements

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

Notable people

Notable people from the Municipality of Sevnica include the model Melanija Knavs (married Melania Trump), the handball player Matjaž Mlakar, the historian Janko Prunk (from Loka pri Zidanem Mostu), and the writer Ludvik Mrzel (also from Loka pri Zidanem Mostu).

References

External links

• Media related to Municipality of Sevnica at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipality of Sevnica on Geopedia
• Sevnica.si. Official page of the municipality.