Sveti Boštjan

Sveti Boštjan
Sveti Boštjan

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°36′4.57″N 15°3′20.7″E / 46.6012694°N 15.055750°E / 46.6012694; 15.055750Coordinates: 46°36′4.57″N 15°3′20.7″E / 46.6012694°N 15.055750°E / 46.6012694; 15.055750
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Carinthia
Statistical region Carinthia
Municipality Dravograd
Area
 • Total 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi)
Elevation 350.4 m (1,149.6 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 79
[1]

Sveti Boštjan (pronounced [ˈsʋeːti bɔˈʃtjaːn]) is a small village on the right bank of the Drava River in the Municipality of Dravograd in the Carinthia region in northern Slovenia.[2]

The local church, from which the settlement gets its name, is dedicated to Saint Sebastian (Slovene: sveti Boštjan) and Saint Roch. The originally Late Gothic church was extended in the 16th and 17th centuries. It belongs to the Parish of Dravograd.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. ↑ Dravograd municipal site
  3. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 2958


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