Puconci
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| Puconci Puconci |
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| Coordinates: 46°42′13.79″N 16°09′26.08″E / 46.7038306°N 16.1572444°ECoordinates: 46°42′13.79″N 16°09′26.08″E / 46.7038306°N 16.1572444°E | |
| Country |  Slovenia |
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| • Mayor | Ludvik Novak |
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| • Total | 107.7 km2 (41.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,281 |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02) |
Puconci (Hungarian: Battyánd, Prekmurje dialect: Püconci, German: Putzendorf) is a town and a municipality in Slovenia.[2] Prior to 1920 it was known as Battyánd, Hungary.
The majority of the population is Lutheran, making Puconci one of the few Slovenian municipalities where the majority of the population belongs to a non-Catholic denomination.
There is a Lutheran church in the middle of the settlement, built in 1784, one of the earliest Lutheran churches in the region. It was rebuilt and restyled in 1934.[3]
Prominent natives and residents of Puconci include the writers István Lülik, Sándor Terplán, Rudolf Czipott, and Ferenc Berke, and the politician Feri Horvat.
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