Upper Carniola Statistical Region

The Upper Carniola Statistical Region^[2][3][4][5] (Slovene: gorenjska statistična regija) is a statistical region in northwest Slovenia. It is a region with high mountains, including Mount Triglav, and is almost entirely Alpine. A large part of this statistical region is protected as a national park. The relief and climate are good bases for tourism. In 2013, the region recorded almost 19% of tourist nights in Slovenia, of which 78% were by foreign tourists. The region ranked second in Slovenia in number of tourist beds per 1,000 population, even though it had just over half as many beds as the Coastal–Karst Statistical Region. In 2013, the registered unemployment rate here was the lowest in Slovenia, 3 percentage points lower than the national average and more than 8 percentage points lower than in the Mura Statistical Region, where the registered unemployment rate was the highest. Although agriculture in this region is not among the most important activities, the farms are among the largest in the country both in terms of average utilised agricultural area per farm and in terms of the number of livestock per farm.

Upper Carniola Statistical Region gorenjska statistična regija
Statistical region
Municipalities	18
Largest city	Kranj
Area
• Total	2,137 km2 (825 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	206,621
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Statistics
• Households	77253
• Employed	72391
• Registered unemployed	8549
• College/university students	8298
• Regional GDP (2019):	EUR 4,276 bn (EUR 20,790 per capita)
HDI (2022)	0.919[1] very high · 3rd

At the beginning of 2013, this region had a relatively favourable educational structure. The share of people without schooling, that had not completed primary school, or with only primary school was below the national average, and the share of people with tertiary education was above the national average. In this region, municipal waste is carefully separated; in 2013 more than half of municipal waste was collected separately.

Cities and towns

The Upper Carniola Statistical Region includes 8 cities and towns, the largest of which is Kranj.^[6]

Rank	Name	Population (2021)[7]
1.	Kranj	38,024
2.	Jesenice	13,503
3.	Škofja Loka	11,706
4.	Radovljica	6,133
5.	Bled	5,181
6.	Tržič	3,744
7.	Žiri	3,654
8.	Železniki	2,933

Municipalities

The Upper Carniola Statistical Region comprises the following 18 municipalities:

• Bled
• Bohinj
• Cerklje na Gorenjskem
• Gorenja Vas–Poljane
• Gorje
• Jesenice
• Jezersko
• Kranj
• Kranjska Gora
• Naklo
• Preddvor
• Radovljica
• Šenčur
• Škofja Loka
• Tržič
• Železniki
• Žiri
• Žirovnica

Demographics

The estimated population in 2020 was 206,621. It has a total area of 2,137 km².

Economy

Employment structure: 58.9% services, 39% industry, 2.1% agriculture.

Tourism

It is the second most popular tourist destination of all the regions (20%), the tourists being from: 20% Slovenia, 3.7% Austria, 4.6% Croatia, 8.5% Italy, 10% Germany, 4.3% UK, 49% other countries.

Transportation

• Length of motorways: 73.2 km (45.5 mi)
• Length of other roads: 3,127.4 km (1,943.3 mi); also railways.

Slovenia's main international airport is also in the region.