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Municipality of Pesnica

*Občina Pesnica*
Municipality of Pesnica Občina Pesnica
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of the Municipality of Pesnica in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 46°36′35″N 15°40′17″E / 46.60972°N 15.67139°E
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Venčeslav Senekovič (SLS)
Area
• Total	75.8 km2 (29.3 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	7,244
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02 ( CEST)
Website	www.pesnica.si

The Municipality of Pesnica ( Slovene: Občina Pesnica) is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Pesnica pri Mariboru, a suburb near Maribor. It lies at the western end of the Slovene Hills in the Upper Pesnica Valley. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region as part of the Pesnica Administrative Unit ( Slovene: Upravna enota Pesnica). The main economic activities in the area are tourism, transportation, viticulture, winemaking, craftsmanship and farming.

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Pesnica pri Mariboru, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

Notable people

Notable people from Pesnica include:

Rene Krhin (born 1990), a football player
Jan Muršak (born 1988), a hockey player
Tone Partljič (born 1940), a writer, screenwriter, and politician
Ivo Štandeker [ sl] (1961–1992), a writer and journalist who was killed in Sarajevo during the war