Territorial units and house numbers, Slovenia, 1 January 2015

Register of Spatial Units as of 1 January 2015

On 1 January 2015 there were 12 statistical regions¹⁾, 212 municipalities, 6,035 settlements, 10,368 streets and 548,537 house numbers registered in the Register of Spatial Units, which is kept by the Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia. As regards the area, municipality Kočevje was the largest with 555 km² and municipality Odranci the smallest with 7 km². As regards the number of settlements, municipality Krško ranked first with 158 settlements, while municipalities Kobilje, Odranci, Trzin and the new municipality of Ankaran each had only one settlement.

Dissemination of statistical data for the new municipality of Ankaran
 
The Statistical Office started to disseminate statistical data for the new municipality of Ankaran on 1 January 2015. Therefore, the number of Slovenian municipalities increased from 211 to 212. The new municipality consists of only one settlement named Ankaran, which was entirely excluded from the municipality Koper. This change involved 25 streets. The municipality Ankaran with code 213 covers 8 km² and is as regards area the second smallest municipality in Slovenia.

Dissemination of statistical data by changed statistical and cohesion regions

In statistical surveys and dissemination of data the new breakdown is considered from 1 January 2015 on in accordance with the changes we explained in a Special Release.

Change of borders and area of four NUTS 3 regions (statistical regions)


The borders and area of four statistical regions – Savinjska, Spodnjeposavska (Posavska), Osrednjeslovenska and Zasavska – were changed.
Municipalities Radeče and Bistrica ob Sotli made a transition from Savinjska NUTS 3 region (statistical region) to  Spodnjeposavska NUTS 3 region (statistical region), which is now 83 km² larger and changed its name to Posavska NUTS 3 region (statistical region). As a result, Savinjska NUTS 3 region (statistical region) is now 83 km² smaller.
Municipality Litija made a transition from Osrednjeslovenska NUTS 3 region (statistical region) to Zasavska NUTS 3 region (statistical region), which is now 221 km² larger. As a result, Osrednjeslovenska NUTS 3 region (statistical region) is now 221 km² smaller.


Change of borders and area of two NUTS 2 regions (cohesion  regions)

The borders and area of the two cohesion regions – Vzhodna Slovenija and Zahodna Slovenija – were changed.
NUTS 2 regions (cohesion regions) changed due to the transition of municipality Litija from Zahodna Slovenija NUTS 2 region (cohesion region) to Vzhodna Slovenija NUTS 2 region (cohesion region). Zahodna Slovenija is now 221 km² smaller and Vzhodna Slovenija 221 km² larger.

Fewer changes in house numbers

In the second half of 2014, 3,715 house numbers were changed in the Register of Spatial Units, which is 60% less than in the first half of the year, when changes in house numbers were the result of the regulation of real estate records, but still more than usually. 2,574 house numbers were assigned as new (two and half times less than in the first half of the year), 1,111 were cancelled (two times less than in the first half of the year) and 30 were renumbered (four times less than in the first half of the year).
 
In the second half of 2014, the number of house numbers increased the most in municipality Ljubljana (by 126), mostly on account of newly assigned numbers (200), i.e. one and a half times less than in the first half of the year  when 346 numbers were newly assigned. 74 house numbers were cancelled, i.e. one and a half times less than in the first half of the year.
 

In 2014, 13,005 house numbers were changed in the Register of Spatial Units; 9,008 of these were assigned as new (50% more than in 2013), 3,845 were cancelled (50% more than in 2013) and 152 were renumbered (nine times less than in 2013). In 2014, only one new settlement was established, namely Vejar in municipality Trebnje. Nineteen new streets were established.
 
 
 
1) The Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia also disseminates data by statistical regions, which are, at a higher level, combined into the so-called "cohesion regions", namely Vzhodna Slovenija and Zahodna Slovenija. Cohesion region Vzhodna Slovenija includes 8 statistical regions (Pomurska, Podravska, Koroška, Savinjska, Zasavska, Posavska, Jugovzhodna Slovenija and Primorsko-notranjska), while cohesion region Zahodna Slovenija includes 4 statistical regions (Osrednjeslovenska, Gorenjska, Goriška and Obalno-kraška).
 
For more on territorial changes of municipalities follow this link on our website and of regions this link on Eurostat`s website.