Apače is small town and a municipality

Municipality

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 in Slovenia

Slovenia

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. It lies in the traditional region of Styria

Lower Styria

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 in northeastern Slovenia

Slovenia

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 and belongs to the Mura

Pomurska statistical region

The Mura statistical region is a statistical region in the north-east of Slovenia. It is predominantly agricultural with field crops representing over three quarters of the total utilised agricultural area, twice as much as the Slovene average...

 statistical region

Statistical regions of Slovenia

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. The municipality borders on the municipalities of Šentilj

Šentilj

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, Sveta Ana

Sveta Ana

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, and Gornja Radgona

Gornja Radgona

Gornja Radgona is one of the municipalities and a town in Slovenia. Once it was a defensive stronghold for today's regional centre and its twin city, Bad Radkersburg, on the other side of the river Mura in Austria. The towns were split in 1919 when the state of Styria was divided between Austria...

. The Mura

Mura

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 River represents the border between Slovenia

Slovenia

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 and Austria

Austria

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. It is located 25 kilometers northeast of Maribor

Maribor

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 and 20 kilometers west of Murska Sobota

Murska Sobota

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.

The parish church

Parish church

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 in the settlement is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary

Assumption of Mary

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 and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It dates to the 15th and 16th centuries.

External links

• Apače on Geopedia