The Municipality of Mirna ( sl, Občina Mirna) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the traditional region of
Lower Carniola
Lower Carniola ( sl, Dolenjska; german: Unterkrain) is a traditional region in Slovenia, the southeastern part of the historical Carniola region.
Geography
Lower Carniola is delineated by the Ljubljana Basin with the city of Ljubljana to the n ...
in southeastern
Slovenia
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. The seat of the municipality is the town of
Mirna
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. Mirna became a municipality in 2011.
Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of
Mirna
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, the municipality also includes the following settlements:
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Brezovica pri Mirni
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Cirnik
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Debenec
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Glinek
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Gomila
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Gorenja Vas pri Mirni
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Migolica
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Migolska Gora
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Praprotnica
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Ravne
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Sajenice
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Selo pri Mirni
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Selska Gora
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Ševnica
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Škrjanče
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Stan
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Stara Gora
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Trbinc
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Volčje Njive
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Zabrdje
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Zagorica
History
Mirna was a municipality before World War II. After the war, it was a municipality from the establishment of
municipalities in Slovenia in 1952 until 1959, when the Municipality of Mirna merged with the
Municipality of Trebnje.
In November 2009, residents of the
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
of Mirna voted in a
referendum
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in support of secession from the Municipality of Trebnje and the establishment of an independent municipality, but the act enacting this was rejected in April 2010 by the
National Assembly
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, mainly because it also included the establishment of the Municipality of
Ankaran.
On February 1, 2011, the National Assembly passed another act on the establishment of the Municipality of Mirna. That happened after the
Constitutional Court of Slovenia had ordered the National Assembly in December 2010 to establish the Municipality of Mirna within two months and to call the election to its municipal council within 20 days after the establishment.
Mirna regained its status as a municipality on February 26, 2011.
References
External links
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Municipality of Mirna on GeopediaMirna municipal site
{{Authority control
Mirna
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2011 establishments in Slovenia