In the EU statistics the municipalities of Slovenia are classified as "local administrative unit 2" (LAU 2), below 58 Administrative units (upravne enote) which are LAU 1.
The Slovene names have the word "Občina" in front, e.g. "Občina Bled". As an English name, the Statistical Office uses a word by word transformation, e.g. "Municipality Bled".[1] The Slovene Press Agency (STA) also uses the inverted form, e.g. "Bled municipality".[2] A third form is used by The Office of the President of the Republic, e.g. "municipality of Bled".[3]
In 2014, Slovenia was divided into 212 municipalities, of which 11 had urban status.
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