Urban Municipality of Ptuj
Local name: Ptuj
Located in Slovenia Coordinates: 46°26′03″ N 15°52′36″ E
- Population
- 23,629
- 23.6K
- Elevation
- 281 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Ljubljana · UTC+01:00
- Places inside
- 10
- listed under Urban Municipality of Ptuj
- Airports
- MBX Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport15 km
- GRZ Graz Airport70 km
About Urban Municipality of Ptuj
Urban Municipality of Ptuj is a region. Location: Slovenia. Population: 23,629.
Ptuj (Slovene: [ˈptùːj] ; German: Pettau, pronounced [ˈpɛtaʊ̯] ; Latin: Poetovium/Poetovio) is the eighth-largest town of Slovenia, located in the traditional region of Styria (northeastern Slovenia). It is the seat of the Municipality of Ptuj. Being the oldest recorded city in Slovenia, it has been inhabited since the late Stone Age and developed from a Roman military fort, located at a strategically important crossing of the Drava River along a prehistoric trade route between the Baltic Sea and the Adriatic.
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Travel notes for Urban Municipality of Ptuj
From Wikivoyage
Ptuj is a city in Eastern Slovenia on the Drava River. It is known for its historic buildings and its Kurentovanje festival.
Understand+
Ptuj is one of the oldest town in Slovenia, with settlement dating back 2000 years. Its history reaches back to the Stone Age, but the city experienced its greatest flowering in the Roman period. The name originates in the times of Emperor Trajan, who granted the settlement city status and named it Colonia Ulpia Traiana Poetovio. Roman Poetovio developed into an important military, commercial, customs and administrative center. Forty thousand people lived in the Ptuj area in this period, a number never since reached. It was later burned by the Huns and occupied by the Avars and the Slavs. In the period of the Slav prince Pribina, it was incorporated into the Frankish state. Later, it became the property of the Salzburg archdiocese and experienced the Hungarian attacks. The city recovered and when city rights were granted, it was able to build a wall around the city. The first city statutes from 1376 provided the legal regulation of the city and contributed to its economic power. This declined under the pressure of Turkish attacks and major fires, floods, and epidemics.
Today, it is an important center of the lower Podravje region of Slovenia. It is a city of fairs, wine cellars and thermal springs.
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By car, Ptuj can be reached from Maribor and the A1 highway by the A4 highway. There are also frequent bus and train connections between the two cities.
There are also bus and train connections to Ljubljana.
Eurobusways do a transfer to Ptuj, on the way between Budapest and Ljubljana .
You can see a regional bus timetable here .
1 Ptuj railway station. (updated Jan 2020)
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Places bordering Urban Municipality of Ptuj
- Municipality of Duplek
Twin towns and sister cities of Urban Municipality of Ptuj
- Aranđelovac· Serbia
- City of Varaždin· Croatia
- Banská Štiavnica· Slovakia
Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.
Population of Urban Municipality of Ptuj over time
| 2011 | 18,164 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 18,127 | |
| 2013 | 17,972 | |
| 2014 | 17,870 | |
| 2015 | 17,810 | |
| 2016 | 17,769 | |
| 2017 | 17,780 | |
| 2018 | 17,793 | |
| 2019 | 17,858 | |
| 2020 | 17,959 | |
| 2021 | 18,004 | |
| 2022 | 17,880 |
Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.
Climate of Urban Municipality of Ptuj
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: May–September.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 8° · Night 0° · Rain 91 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 25°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -4°)
- Wettest month
- June (112 mm)
- Driest month
- January (44 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 3° | 5° | 11° | 15° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 21° | 15° | 8° | 3° |
| Average low (°C) | -4° | -3° | 0° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 13° | 9° | 5° | 0° | -3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 44 | 48 | 66 | 74 | 87 | 112 | 109 | 101 | 93 | 92 | 91 | 68 |
Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September
How to get to Urban Municipality of Ptuj
The nearest airport is Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX), 15 km to the west as the crow flies. For international flights: Graz Airport (GRZ) (70 km). The nearest large city is Zagreb, 69 km to the south.
Airports
- Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport (MBX) Maribor 15 kmwest
- Graz Airport (GRZ) Feldkirchen bei Graz 70 kmnorthwest
- Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG) Velika Gorica 78 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Zagreb Population: 663.6K 69 kmsouth
- Graz Population: 303.3K 78 kmnorthwest
- Ljubljana Population: 272.2K 114 kmwest
- Klagenfurt Population: 100.3K 122 kmwest
- Rijeka Population: 108K 166 kmsouthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Places in Urban Municipality of Ptuj
10 places- 1 Ptuj 18K
- 2 Krčevina pri Vurbergu 943
- 3 Spuhlja 893
- 4 Podvinci 852
- 5 Kicar 819
- 6 Mestni Vrh 679
- 7 Grajenščak 506
- 8 Grajena 357
- 9 Spodnji Velovlek 212
- 10 Pacinje 204
Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources