Pečarovci

Pečarovci
Szentsebestyén

The Topla prouška annual fair in Pečarovci (2008)
Pečarovci

Location in Slovenia

Coordinates: 46°44′47.18″N 16°7′58.95″E / 46.7464389°N 16.1330417°E / 46.7464389; 16.1330417Coordinates: 46°44′47.18″N 16°7′58.95″E / 46.7464389°N 16.1330417°E / 46.7464389; 16.1330417
Country Slovenia
Traditional region Prekmurje
Statistical region Mura
Municipality Puconci
Area
 • Total 8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Elevation 267.2 m (876.6 ft)
Population (2002)
 • Total 414
[1]

Pečarovci (pronounced [pɛˈtʃaːɾɔu̯tsi]; in older sources also Sveti Sebeštjan,[2] Hungarian: Szentsebestyén[2]) is a village in the Municipality of Puconci in the Prekmurje region of Slovenia.[3]

There are two churches in the settlement. The Roman Catholic parish church is dedicated to Saint Sebastian and was built in 1824. It has a single nave with a polygonal apse and a belfry on its eastern side. It belongs to the Diocese of Murska Sobota.[4] The second church is an Lutheran church built north of the main settlement in the hamlet of Gorenšček.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Pečarovci include:

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
  2. 1 2 Vengušt, Jernej. 1919. Seznamek prekmurskih občin (krajev) z označbo pošte in zemljevidom. Radgona, p. 12.
  3. ↑ Puconci municipal site
  4. ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number 3222
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