There are 69 towns in Slovenia. According to the Local Self-Government Act of the
Republic of Slovenia
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, a town is a larger
urban settlement
An Urban settlement is a concentrated settlement that is part of an urban area. It is an area with high density of human-created structures.
*Municipal urban settlement, a type of subdivision such as Cape town in Western Cape
*Urban settlement, ...
with more than 3,000 residents and differing from other settlements in its size, economical structure, population, population density and historical development.
A settlement acquires the status of town through a decision of the
Government of Slovenia
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The governmen ...
.
Until 2005, the decision was made by the
National Assembly of Slovenia
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.
List of all towns in Slovenia
Numbers are based on the statistics from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.
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Slovenia
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Slovenia
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Cities and towns
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...