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Review of municipalities and appurtenant spatial units and house numbers, 1 January 2011
Published by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of European countries Subdivisions of Slovenia Slovenia, Municipalities Slovenia 1 Municipalities, Slovenia Slovenia geography-related lists
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
is divided into 212 municipalities ( Slovene: ''občine'', singular'' občina''), of which 12 have urban (metropolitan) status. Municipalities are further divided into local communities and districts. Slovenia has the largest number of first-level administrative divisions of any country.
The municipalities vary considerably in size and population, from the capital Ljubljana
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with more than 280,000 inhabitants to Hodoš with fewer than 400. Urban status is not granted strictly on the basis of population; the smallest urban municipality, Slovenj Gradec
Slovenj Gradec (; '', ''after about 1900 ''Windischgraz'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is the centre of the Urban Municipality of Slovenj Gradec. It is part of the historical Styria region, and since 2005 it has belonged to the NUTS-3 C ...
, has less than half as many inhabitants as the most populous non-urban municipality, Domžale.
Slovene is the official language
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in all municipalities. Hungarian is the second official language of three municipalities in Prekmurje
Prekmurje (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarians in Slovenia, Hungarian minority, lying betwee ...
: Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Hodoš/Hodos, and Lendava/Lendva. Italian
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** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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is the second official language of four municipalities (of which one has urban status) in the Slovene Littoral: Ankaran/Ancarano, Izola/Isola, Koper
Koper (; ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, fifth-largest city in Slovenia. Located in the Slovenian Istria, Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, Koper is the main urban center of the Slovene coast. Port of Koper i ...
/Capodistria, and Piran
Piran (; ) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria. A bilingual city, with population speaking both Slovene and Italian, Piran is known for its medieva ...
/Pirano.
For EU statistical purposes, Slovenian municipalities are classified as "local administrative unit 2" (LAU 2), below the country's 58 administrative units ('), which are classified LAU 1.
Names
The Slovene names of the municipalities as territorial/administrative units have the word ''občina'' 'municipality', followed by anominative
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form, usually the seat of the municipality; for example, ''Občina Ajdovščina'' 'Municipality of Ajdovščina'. The word ''občina'' should be capitalised as ''Občina'' when it refers to the official designation of the community or the legal person
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representing the community, whereas it should be uncapitalised if it is meant as a generic term. For the urban municipalities, the term used is ''mestna občina'' ( generic name) or ''Mestna občina'' (proper name
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List of Slovenian municipalities
Slovenia is divided into 212 municipalities, 12 of which have urban status.Urban municipalities
See also
* ISO 3166-2:SI * NUTS:SIReferences
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. {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of European countries Subdivisions of Slovenia Slovenia, Municipalities Slovenia 1 Municipalities, Slovenia Slovenia geography-related lists