Paternion (Slovene: Špatrjan) is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia.

It is located within the Drava valley about 18 kilometres (11 mi) in the north-west of the city of Villach.

Settled since the Hallstatt culture, the place was first mentioned as St. Paternianus in a 1296 deed, named after Saint Paternian, the Bishop of Fano, as the area south of the Drava then belonged to the Patriarchate of Aquileia.

[3] In 1530 Paternion received market rights from Archduke Ferdinand I of Austria.

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2021[update] elections: Media related to Paternion at Wikimedia Commons