The statistical regions of Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

are 12 administrative entities created in 2007 for legal and statistical purposes.

History

As of February 2007 there are 12 statistical regions (NUTS

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics

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-3 level), which are grouped in two cohesion regions (NUTS-2 level) .

The government, however, is preparing a plan for new administrative regions. The number of the regions is not yet defined, but they might be between twelve and fourteen, who could be very similar to the actual regions.

Subdivision

The two cohesion regions are:

• East Slovenia (Vzhodna Slovenija - SI01), which groups the Mura, Drava, Carinthia, Savinja, Central Sava, Lower Sava, Southeast Slovenia, and Inner Carniola-Karst regions.
• West Slovenia (Zahodna Slovenija - SI02), which groups the Central Slovenia, Upper Carniola, Gorizia, and Coastal-Karst regions.

Map	Statistical regions
	Name	Code	Largest city
	Mura (Pomurska) Pomurska statistical region The Mura statistical region is a statistical region in the north-east of Slovenia. It is predominantly agricultural with field crops representing over three quarters of the total utilised agricultural area, twice as much as the Slovene average...	SI011	Murska Sobota Murska Sobota Murska Sobota is a city in northeastern Slovenia. It is located in the eponymous municipality near the Mura River in the region of Prekmurje and is the regional capital.-Name:...
	Drava (Podravska) Podravska statistical region The Drava statistical region is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Maribor. Its name comes from the Drava River and includes land on both banks along its course through Slovenia as well as the Pohorje mountains in the northeast of the region. The Drava is used for...	SI012	Maribor Maribor Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....
	Carinthia (Koroška) Koroška statistical region The Carinthia statistical region is a statistical region in northern Slovenia along the border with Austria. It includes parts of the traditional regions of Slovenian Carinthia and Lower Styria and has a total area of 1041 km²....	SI013	Slovenj Gradec Slovenj Gradec Slovenj Gradec is a town and a municipality in northern Slovenia. It is part of the historic Lower Styria region, since 2005 it belongs to the NUTS-3 statistical region of Carinthia...
	Savinja (Savinjska) Savinjska statistical region The Savinja statistical region is a statistical region in Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Celje. It is named after the Savinja River....	SI014	Celje Celje Celje is a typical Central European town and the third largest town in Slovenia. It is a regional center of Lower Styria and the administrative seat of the Urban Municipality of Celje . The town of Celje is located under Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna...
	Central Sava (Zasavska) Zasavska statistical region The Central Sava statistical region is a statistical region in Slovenia. It lies in Central Slovenia, mostly to the north of the Sava River, encompassing mostly territory that was part of the Central Sava Valley area of the traditional regions of Upper Carniola and Lower Styria.The largest town in...	SI015	Trbovlje Trbovlje Trbovlje is a town and municipality in central Slovenia. Traditionally the area was part of the Lower Styria region. The entire municipality is now included in the Central Sava statistical region. Located in the valley of a minor left bank tributary of the Sava River, the area is known for its...
	Lower Sava (Spodnjeposavska) Spodnjeposavska statistical region The Lower Sava statistical region is a statistical region in Slovenia. It is almost identical with the Posavje region. The largest town in the region is Krško. It is the second smallest region in Slovenia, but it has very good traffic connections...	SI016	Krško Krško Krško is a town and municipality in eastern Slovenia. The town lies on the Sava River. The area is traditionally divided between Lower Styria and Lower Carniola...
	Southeast Slovenia (Jugovzhodna Slovenija) Jugovzhodna Slovenija statistical region The Southeast Slovenia statistical region is a statistical region in the south-east of Slovenia. The largest town in the region is Novo Mesto. It is the largest region in Slovenia. It has the highest share of young people with 15.8%...	SI017	Novo Mesto Novo Mesto Novo Mesto is a city and municipality in southeastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The town is traditionally considered the economic and cultural centre of the historic Lower Carniola region.-Geography:...
	Inner Carniola-Karst (Notranjsko-kraška) Notranjsko-kraška statistical region The Inner Carniola-Karst statistical region is a statistical region in the south-west of Slovenia. Its most important features are the Postojna Cave and the intermittent Lake Cerknica. It is one of the smallest regions of Slovenia and is the least densely populated...	SI018	Postojna Postojna Postojna is a town and a municipality in the traditional region of Inner Carniola, from Trieste, in southwestern Slovenia. Population 14,581 .-History:...
	Central Slovenia (Osrednjeslovenska) Osrednjeslovenska statistical region The Central Slovenia statistical region is a statistical region in central Slovenia. It includes the Slovene capital Ljubljana and is the most densely populated area of Slovenia. In terms of size it is the second largest region. It has good traffic connections in all directions and is economically...	SI021	Ljubljana Ljubljana Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
	Upper Carniola (Gorenjska) Gorenjska statistical region The Upper Carniola statistical region is a statistical region in northwest Slovenia. The region comprises 18 municipalities: Bled, Bohinj, Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Gorenja vas-Poljane, Gorje, Jesenice, Jezersko, Kranj, Kranjska Gora, Naklo, Preddvor, Radovljica, Šenčur, Škofja Loka, Tržič,...	SI022	Kranj Kranj ' is the third largest municipality and fourth largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 54,500 . It is located approximately 20 km north-west of Ljubljana...
	Gorizia (Goriška) Goriška statistical region The Gorizia statistical region is a statistical region in western Slovenia, along the border with Italy. It is named after the town of Gorizia , now in Italy, the historical economic and cultural center of the area. It comprises the Goriška region and part of the Inner Carniola region...	SI023	Nova Gorica Nova Gorica Nova Gorica ; 21,082 ; 31,000 ) is a town and a municipality in western Slovenia, on the border with Italy...
	Coastal-Karst (Obalno-kraška)	SI024	Koper

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