Dobje

Dobje Občina Dobje
—  Village and Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Dobje in Slovenia
Dobje Location of the village of Dobje in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°8′13″N 15°23′40″E / 46.13694°N 15.39444°E / 46.13694; 15.39444Coordinates: 46°8′13″N 15°23′40″E / 46.13694°N 15.39444°E / 46.13694; 15.39444
Country	Slovenia
Government
- Mayor	Franc Salobir
Area
- Total	17.5 km2 (6.8 sq mi)
Population (2002)[1]
- Total	1,008
- Density	57.6/km2 (149.2/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+02)

Dobje is a village and a municipality in eastern Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region. The entire municipality has just over 1,000 inhabitants. Its administrative centre, Dobje pri Planini, has a population of 130. It has its own primary school and post office.^[2]

The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It is first mentioned in written documents dating ti 1545, but was extensively rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries.^[3]

References

1. ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
2. ^ Dobje Municipality site
3. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture register of national heritage reference number ešd 2939

External links

• Dobje at Geopedia