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Municipality | |
Location of the Municipality of Šentrupert in Slovenia | |
Country | Slovenia |
Government | |
• Mayor | Rupert Gole |
Area | |
• Total | 49 km (19 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,283 |
• Density | 47/km (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
Šentrupert is a town and a municipality in the traditional Lower Carniola region of Slovenia. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia statistical region. In the past it was the cultural and economical centre of the Mirna Valley, but after the railway line bypased the town the centre shifted to nearby Mirna.
The local parish church from which the settlement gets its name is dedicated to Saint Rupert and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. It is first mentioned in written documents dating to 1163 and was restyled in the early 15th century.
References
- Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
- Šentrupert Municipality site
- Nose, Mojca (2006). Regionalna geografija občine Trebnje s poudarkom na prsti in rastlinstvu: diplomsko delo (PDF) (in Slovene). Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. p. 72.
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Settlements | Administrative seat: Šentrupert | |
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