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Municipality of Hoče-Slivnica

Pohorska cesta 15

2311 Hoče

(02) 616 53 20

(02) 616 53 30

Jožef Merkuš

Social Democrats

10,335

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53.7 sq kilometres

obcina@hoce-slivnica.si

http://www.hoce-slivnica.si

Monday: 8:00 –12.00

Wednesday: 8:00 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 16:00

Friday: 8:00 – 12:00

The municipality of Hoče-Slivnica is situated in the north-eastern part of Slovenia, between Pohorje and Dravsko polje, next to Maribor, the second largest Slovenian city. It borders one urban municipality and five non-urban ones: Slovenska Bistrica, Ruše, Rače – Fram, Starše and Miklavž na Dravskem polju. The municipality of Hoče-Slivnica is a young municipality – it was founded in 1998. It spreads between Pohorje and Dravsko polje. The municipality centre is Spodnje Hoče, and there are 12 larger settlements. The region has good traffic connections – there is an international airport in Slivnica, two railway stations – at Hoče and at Orehova vas, 12 kilometres of railroad and two kilometres of motorway, three kilometres of main road, 22 kilometres of regional roads and 51 kilometres of local roads. About 53% of the area is covered with arable land, 39% with forests, and 8% with other surfaces. It is 130 kilometres from Spodnje Hoče to Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, 20 kilometres to the Austrian border, 45 kilometres to the Croatian border, and 100 kilometres to the Hungarian border.