Paternion

Infobox Town AT
name=Paternion
name_local=
image_coa = Wappen at paternion.png

state = Carinthia
regbzk =
district = Villach-Land
population =6196
population_as_of = 2001
population_ref =
pop_dens =
area = 105.5
elevation = 519
lat_deg=46
lat_min=43
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=13
lon_min=38
lon_hem=E
postal_code = 9711
area_code =04245
mayor = Georg Eder (SPÖ)
website = [http://www.paternion.at www.paternion.at]

Paternion ( _sl. Špaterjan) is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is located within the Drava valley about 18 km in the north-west of the city of Villach. Paternion is subdivided into six Katastralgemeinden: "Feistritz an der Drau", "Kamering", "Kreuzen", "Nikelsdorf", "Paternion" and "Rubland".

Settled since the Hallstatt culture, the place was first mentioned as "St. Paternianus" in a 1296 deed, named after Saint Paternian, the Bishop of Fano, as the area south of the Drava then belonged to the Patriarchate of Aquileia. [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternion]

Twin town

*flagicon|Germany Ladenburg, Germany

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