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Pečarovci
Szentsebestyén
Annual fair "Topla prouška" in Pečarovci (2008)
Annual fair "Topla prouška" in Pečarovci (2008)
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionPrekmurje
Statistical regionMura
MunicipalityPuconci
Area
 • Total8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Elevation
267.2 m (876.6 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total414
[1]

Pečarovci (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 to the 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. ^ a b 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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