Municipality of Puconci
Municipality of Puconci
Občina Puconci | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of the Municipality of Puconci in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°45′N 16°08′E / 46.750°N 16.133°E | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ludvik Novak |
| Area | |
• Total | 108.0 km2 (41.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 5,917 |
| • Density | 54.79/km2 (141.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The Municipality of Puconci (pronounced [ˈpuːtsɔntsi]; Slovene: Občina Puconci) is a municipality in the traditional region of Prekmurje in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Puconci. Puconci became a municipality in 1994.
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.