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Gačnik
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Gačnik () is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the western part of the Slovene Hills () in the valley of Gačnik Creek (), a minor tributary of the Pesnica River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

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Place details

Locality
Pesnica pri Mariboru
Region
Pesnica
Country
Slovenija
Population
520
Timezone
Europe/Ljubljana

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Gačnik
Settlement.image_skyline
Gačnik, 2021..jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Slovenia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Slovenia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
25px Slovenia
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Traditional region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Styria
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Statistical region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Drava
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Pesnica
Settlement.area_total_km2
4.79
Settlement.population_as_of
2002
Settlement.population_total
492
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Slovenia
Population
552
Area
4.79
Elevation
301.9
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Gačnik, 2021..jpg
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female population
299
male population
253
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Gačnik () is a settlement in the Municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. It lies in the western part of the Slovene Hills () in the valley of Gačnik Creek (), a minor tributary of the Pesnica River. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.

A small roadside chapel-shrine in the settlement dates to 1803.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gačnik” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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