Municipality of Škocjan
Občina Škocjan
Municipality
Coat of arms of Municipality of Škocjan
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Škocjan in Slovenia
Location of the Municipality of Škocjan in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°54′N 15°17′E / 45.900°N 15.283°E / 45.900; 15.283
Country Slovenia
Government
 • MayorJože Kapler
Area
 • Total60.4 km2 (23.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2002)[1]
 • Total3,035
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02 (CEST)
Websitewww.obcina-skocjan.si

The Municipality of Škocjan (pronounced [ˈʃkɔːtsjan]; Slovene: Občina Škocjan), established in October 1994,[2] is a municipality in the traditional region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is Škocjan. The Municipality of Škocjan is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.[3] The majority of the municipality is part of the Novo Mesto Administrative Unit, except for the northeastern part (Local Community of Bučka), which belongs to the Sevnica Administrative Unit.[4][5]

Subdivision

Villages in the municipality

The Municipality of Škocjan comprises the following local and village communities:[6]

Local communities
Village communities

References

  1. ↑ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
  2. ↑ Milenković, Aleksandar (2007). "Vzpostavitev lokalne samouprave v Republiki Sloveniji v številkah" [The Establishment of the Local Self-Government in the Republic of Slovenia in Numbers] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. p. 131. ISBN 978-961-239-131-7.
  3. ↑ Škocjan municipal site
  4. ↑ "Škocjan". Slovenske občine v številkah [Municipalities of Slovenia in Numbers]. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Upravna enota Sevnica: O upravni enoti" [Sevnica Administrative Unit: About the Administrative Unit] (in Slovenian). Sevnica Administrative Unit. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Odlok o krajevnih in vaških skupnostih Občine Škocjan" [The Decree on Local and Village Communities of the Municipality of Škocjan] (in Slovenian). Municipality of Škocjan. Retrieved 7 July 2015.



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