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Review of municipalities and appurtenant spatial units and house numbers, 1 January 2011
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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 ...
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.
Slovene is an official language
An official language is a language given supreme status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically the term "official language" does not refer to the language used by a people or country, but by its government (e.g. judiciary, ...
of all the municipalities. Hungarian is a second official language of three municipalities in Prekmurje
Prekmurje (; dialectically: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; hu, Muravidék) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarian minority, lying between the Mur R ...
: Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Hodoš/Hodos, and Lendava/Lendva. Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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is a second official language of four municipalities (of which one has urban status) in the Slovene Littoral
The Slovene Littoral ( sl, Primorska, ; it, Litorale; german: Küstenland) is one of the five traditional regions of Slovenia. Its name recalls the former Austrian Littoral (''Avstrijsko Primorje''), the Habsburg possessions on the upper Adria ...
: 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 ('), 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
Slovenia is divided into 212 municipalities, of which 12 has urban status.City 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