Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah

{{Short description|Municipality of Slovenia}}

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| name = Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah

| native_name = Občina Šmarje pri Jelšah

| native_name_lang = sl

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Šmarje pri Jelšah 185.JPG

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| image_map = Karte Smarje pri Jelsah si.png

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| map_caption = Location of the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah in Slovenia

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| coordinates = {{coord|46|19|N|15|40|E|region:SI_type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Slovenia}}

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Matija Čakš

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes ={{cite web |title=Občina Šmarje pri Jelšah |url=https://www.stat.si/obcine/sl/Municip/Index/175 |website=Statistični urad Republike Slovenije |access-date=April 9, 2020}}

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| area_total_km2 = 107.7

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| population_total = 10259

| population_as_of = 2016

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| utc_offset1 = +01

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| utc_offset1_DST = +02

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The Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah ({{IPA|sl|ˈʃmaːɾjɛ pɾi ˈjeːlʃax|pron}}; {{langx|sl|Občina Šmarje pri Jelšah}}) is a municipality in the traditional region of Styria in northeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šmarje pri Jelšah. Šmarje pri Jelšah became a municipality in 1994.{{cite book |title=Vzpostavitev lokalne samouprave v Republiki Sloveniji v številkah |date=2007 |publisher=Statistični urad Republike Slovenije |location=Ljubljana |page=133|url=https://www.stat.si/StatWeb/File/DocSysFile/1290 |access-date=February 11, 2020}}