Municipalities of Slovenia
Slovenia is divided into 212 municipalities (občine, singular – občina), of which 11 have urban status. Municipalities are further divided into local communities and districts.
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Slovene is an official language of all the municipalities. Hungarian is a second official language of three municipalities in Prekmurje: Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Hodoš/Hodos, and Lendava/Lendva. Italian is a second official language of four municipalities (of which one has urban status) in the Slovene Littoral: Ankaran/Ancarano, Izola/Isola, Koper/Capodistria, and Piran/Pirano.
In the EU statistics, the municipalities of Slovenia are classified as "local administrative unit 2" (LAU 2), below 58 administrative units (upravne enote), which are LAU 1.
Names
The Slovene names of the municipalities have the word Občina 'municipality' followed by a nominative form, usually the seat of the municipality; for example, Občina Ajdovščina 'Municipality of Ajdovščina'.
List of Slovenian municipalities
In 2014, Slovenia was divided into 212 municipalities, of which 11 had urban status.
City municipalities
City municipalities in Slovenia | ||||||||||
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Rank | City | Population (as of 2013)[2] |
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1 | Ljubljana | 282,994 | ||||||||
2 | Maribor | 111,374 | ||||||||
3 | Kranj | 55,527 | ||||||||
4 | Koper/Capodistria | 53,322 | ||||||||
5 | Celje | 48,675 | ||||||||
6 | Novo Mesto | 36,285 | ||||||||
7 | Velenje | 32,912 | ||||||||
8 | Nova Gorica | 31,938 | ||||||||
9 | Ptuj | 23,404 | ||||||||
10 | Murska Sobota | 19,188 | ||||||||
11 | Slovenj Gradec | 16,870 | ||||||||
See also
References
- Tabela: Prebivalstvo po starosti in spolu, občine, Slovenija, polletno
- "Prebivalstvo po starosti in spolu, občine, Slovenija, polletno". Stat.si. Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
External links
- Review of municipalities and appurtenant spatial units and house numbers, 1 January 2011. Published by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.