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Municipalities of Slovenia

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Municipalities of Slovenia
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Slovenia 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.

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Slovenia divided into municipalities (as of 2011)

The municipalities vary considerably in size and population, from the capital Ljubljana 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, has less than half as many inhabitants as the most populous non-urban municipality, Domžale.

Slovene is the official language in all municipalities. Hungarian is the second official language of three municipalities in Prekmurje: Dobrovnik/Dobronak, Hodoš/Hodos, and Lendava/Lendva. Italian is the second official language of four municipalities (of which one has urban status) in the Slovene Littoral: Ankaran/Ancarano, Izola/Isola, Koper/Capodistria, and Piran/Pirano.

For EU statistical purposes, Slovenian municipalities are classified as "local administrative unit 2" (LAU 2), below the country's 58 administrative units (upravne enote)[1], which are classified LAU 1.

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Names

The Slovene names of the municipalities as territorial/administrative units have the word občina 'municipality', followed by a nominative 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 representing the community, whereas it should be uncapitalised if it is meant as a generic term.[2][3] For the urban municipalities, the term used is mestna občina (generic name) or Mestna občina (proper name).[4]

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List of Slovenian municipalities

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Slovenia is divided into 212 municipalities, 12 of which have urban status.[5]

More information ISO 3166-2 code, English name ...

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Urban municipalities

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