Municipality of Murska Sobota

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Mestna občina Murska Sobota

Kardoševa 2, SI-9000 Murska Sobota

http://www.murska-sobota.si

mestna.obcina@murska-sobota.si

Phone386 (0) 2 525 1666

Municipality of Murska Sobota covers a total area of 64 square kilometres and has a population of 19,987 people (2002) living in 11 settlements. It is one of 11 Slovene Urban Municipalities and is the central municipality of the north eastern Pomurje Region. The town of Murska Sobota has 13,870 inhabitants and is situated in the Slovene Pannonian plain, not far from the border with Austria and Hungary.

Together with four other Slovene towns Murska Sobota is a partner city in the Maribor, European Capital of Culture 2012 project.

The Economic and Non-Economic Activities Department of the Municipality of Murska Sobota is responsible for social and health care, education and sports, as well as for public culture and cultural heritage preservation.

Murska Sobota Castle incorporates the Murska Sobota Regional Museum. Periodic exhibitions are held here, including the European Triennial of Small Sculpture.

he Murska Sobota Union of Cultural Societies brings together various amateur cultural associations and, together with the local branch of the Public Fund for Cultural Activities of the Republic of Slovenia, facilitates the activities of numerous cultural associations.

See also

• Murska Sobota Castle
• Murska Sobota Regional and Study Library
• Murska Sobota Regional Museum
• Murska Sobota Gallery

• MIKK Youth Information Cultural Club, Murska Sobota
• Vestnik Murska Sobota

• List of urban municipalities

External links

• Municipality of Murska Sobota website (in Slovenian)
• Murska Sobota in Wikipedia
• Study about the Jews in Murska Sobota - by the Institute for Ethnic Studies