Jurovski Dol
Jurovski Dol is located in Slovenia
Jurovski Dol
Jurovski Dol
Location in Slovenia
Coordinates: 46°36′31.29″N 15°46′46.71″E / 46.6086917°N 15.7796417°E / 46.6086917; 15.7796417
Country Slovenia
Traditional regionStyria
Statistical regionDrava
MunicipalitySveti Jurij v Slovenskih Goricah
Area
  Total5.16 km2 (1.99 sq mi)
Elevation
286.6 m (940.3 ft)
Population
 (2002)
  Total361
ClimateCfb
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Jurovski Dol (pronounced [ˈjuːɾɔu̯ski ˈdoːl]) is a settlement in the Municipality of Sveti Jurij v Slovenskih Goricah in northeastern Slovenia. It is the administrative centre of the municipality. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]

The parish church in the settlement, from which the municipality also gets its name, is dedicated to Saint George (Slovene: sveti Jurij) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor. It is a Gothic building dating to the early 16th century with Baroque side chapels.[3]

The philanthropist and politician Ivan Kramberger was assassinated in Jurovski Dol in 1992.

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