title: Municipality of Pesnica
text: The Municipality of Pesnica () is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Pesnica pri Mariboru, a suburb near Maribor. It lies at the western end of the Slovene Hills in the Upper Pesnica Valley. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region as part of the Pesnica Administrative Unit (). The main economic activities in the area are tourism, transportation, viticulture, winemaking, craftsmanship and farming.
  
  Settlements
  In addition to the municipal seat of Pesnica pri Mariboru, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
  
   Dolnja Počehova
   Dragučova
   Drankovec
   Flekušek
   Gačnik
   Jareninski Dol
   Jareninski Vrh
   Jelenče
   Kušernik
   Ložane
   Mali Dol
   Pernica
   Pesniški Dvor
   Počenik
   Polička Vas
   Polički Vrh
   Ranca
   Ročica
   Slatenik
   Spodnje Dobrenje
   Spodnje Hlapje
   Spodnji Jakobski Dol
   Vajgen
   Vosek
   Vukovje
   Vukovski Dol
   Vukovski Vrh
   Zgornje Hlapje
   Zgornji Jakobski Dol
  
  Notable people
  Notable people from Pesnica include:
   Rene Krhin (born 1990), a football player
   Jan Muršak (born 1988), a hockey player
   Tone Partljič (born 1940), a writer, screenwriter, and politician
    (1961–1992), a writer and journalist who was killed in Sarajevo during the war
  
  References
  
  External links
   
   Municipality of Pesnica on Geopedia
   Pesnica municipal site
  
   
  Pesnica
  Pesnica
  1994 establishments in Slovenia