The Municipality of Izola (; , ) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the traditional region of the

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in southwestern

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. The seat of the municipality is the town of

Izola Izola (; ) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Adriatic coast of the Littoral traditional region. It is the seat of the Municipality of Izola and is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria. Name Izola was attested in written s ...

. Izola became a municipality in 1994. The municipality of Izola is officially bilingual, with both Slovene and Italian as official languages; however, Slovene ''de facto'' dominates in all aspects, being the sole official language of the government and business.

Settlements

In addition to the municipal seat of Izola, the municipality also includes the following settlements:Izola Municipality site
/ref> * Baredi * Cetore () * Dobrava * Jagodje () * Korte () *

Malija Malija (; ) is a village in the Municipality of Izola in the Slovenian Istria region of Slovenia. Church The local church is dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel, is a Roman Catholic Titles of ...

() *

Nožed Nožed (; ) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Izola in the Littoral region of Slovenia. History Nožed became a separate settlement in 1997, when it was split off from the territory of Malija Malija (; ) is a village in the Municipal ...

() * Šared ()

Population

The municipality has 15,900 inhabitants. There are marginally more males (8,000) than females (7,900). By native language, the vast majority of the population is native speakers of Slovene (10,059), followed by Croatian (1,199),

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(620), and other smaller minorities. ;Population by native language, 2002 censusSlovenian Statistics Office site, results of the 2002 census
/ref> : Slovenian 10,059 (69.14%) : Croatian 1,199 (8.24%) :

620 (4.26%) :

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562 (3.86%) : Bosnian 537 (3.69%) : Serbian 385 (2.65%) : Macedonian 124 (0.85%) : Hungarian 19 (0.13%) :

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10 (0.07%) :Others or unknown 941 (6.47%) :Total 14,549

References

External links

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Municipality of Izola on GeopediaIzola municipal site
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1994 establishments in Slovenia