Municipality of Žalec

Municipality of Žalec Občina Žalec
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Žalec in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°15′40″N 15°9′40″E
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Janko Kos
Area
• Total	117.1 km2 (45.2 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	20,335
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Website	www.zalec.si

The Municipality of Žalec (pronounced [ˈʒaːləts] ^ⓘ; Slovene: Občina Žalec) is a municipality in Slovenia in the traditional region of Styria. The seat of the municipality is the town of Žalec. The municipality was established in its current form on 7 August 1998, when the former larger municipality of Žalec was divided into six smaller municipalities.

Settlements

Villages in the municipality

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

• Arja Vas
• Brnica
• Dobriša Vas
• Drešinja Vas
• Galicija
• Gotovlje
• Grče
• Griže
• Hramše
• Kale
• Kasaze
• Levec
• Liboje
• Ložnica pri Žalcu
• Mala Pirešica
• Migojnice
• Novo Celje
• Pernovo
• Petrovče
• Podkraj
• Podlog v Savinjski Dolini
• Podvin
• Pongrac
• Ponikva pri Žalcu
• Ruše
• Šempeter v Savinjski Dolini
• Spodnje Grušovlje
• Spodnje Roje
• Studence
• Velika Pirešica
• Vrbje
• Zabukovica
• Zalog pri Šempetru
• Zaloška Gorica
• Zavrh pri Galiciji
• Železno
• Zgornje Grušovlje
• Zgornje Roje

External links

• Media related to Municipality of Žalec at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipality of Žalec on Geopedia
• Municipality of Žalec website