Date: 1 January 2017

EXPLANATIONS OF TERRITORIAL CHANGES OF MUNICIPALITIES

Municipalities (communes) before 1994

With only slight changes, before 1994 the same municipalities had existed for three decades. They were formed during the extensive administrative reform that started in 1955, when had 384 municipalities, and finished in 1964 when instead of numerous small municipalities larger ones (called communes) were formed. The new municipalities took over numerous central government tasks and planning of economy in their territory. Even then a municipality was a self-governing local community, but at the same time it was also part of the central government. Its administration was part of the public administration. At that time the territory of a municipality was composed of areas of cadastral communities. In the 1960s the number of these large municipalities settled at 62.

In 1967 three municipalities of Maribor (Maribor Center, Maribor Tabor and Maribor Tezno) were joined into one municipality Maribor, so the number of municipalities decreased to 60.

In addition to names, municipalities have always had identification codes. Since 1973 the four-digit coding system has been in force: the first two digits indicated the Republic of Slovenia (55) and the last two the municipality. Until 1982 municipalities had codes from 5501 to 5531 and from 5534 to 5562 (codes 5532 and 5533 were no longer used because of the merger of municipality Maribor).

In 1982 Maribor was divided into six new municipalities, i.e. Maribor Pesnica, Maribor Pobrežje, Maribor Rotovž, Maribor Ruše, Maribor Tabor and Maribor Tezno. For eight years there were 65 municipalities in Slovenia. The new municipalities in Maribor had codes from 5565 to 5570. Therefore, in the sequence of codes the following codes were left out: 5532, 5533, 5563 and 5564.

In 1990 four of the six Maribor municipalities were again joined into one municipality Maribor with the code 5564. Municipalities Maribor Pesnica (code 5565) and Maribor Ruše (code 5568) continued to exist. The former codes of merged municipalities were left out, i.e. 5532, 5533, 5563, 5566 and 5567.

Municipalities in 1995

In 1994 local self-government was introduced on the territory of the Republic of Slovenia with the Local Self-Government Act (OJ RS No. 72/93 of 31 December 1993) and the process of reforming the communal system was finished. At the end of the year instead of the then relatively large municipalities (communes) 147 smaller municipalities were established. The areas of municipalities were determined by the Establishment of Municipalities and Municipal Boundaries Act (OJ RS No. 60/94 of 3 October 1994); as the territorial basis the areas of settlements were used. Municipalities became the basic local self-governing communities that within the framework of the constitution and laws independently 1/4

regulated and performed matters of local importance and tasks transferred to them by law. Eleven municipalities had the status of urban municipalities. A new coding system was introduced and the old one was abandoned. Municipalities were determined with three-digit codes from 001 to 147. For statistical data dissemination, the new territorial breakdown was enforced on 1 January 1995.

Municipalities in 1999

On 7 August 1998 the network of municipalities was further broken down and 46 new municipalities were established increasing the total number from 147 to 192. In statistical surveys the new breakdown of municipalities was used from 1 January 1999 on. The status of the municipalities did not change and their tasks remained the same as in 1995. The coding system of 1995 also did not change; newly established municipalities were given codes from 147 to 193. Municipality Žalec (code 145) ceased to exist as a referendum was carried out on its territory and six new municipalities were established. One of them was municipality Žalec, which was determined as a new municipality and given code 190. This explanation was taken over from the Surveying and Mapping Authority of Slovenia, which is responsible for assigning codes.

Municipalities in 2003

A major change of territories and/or names of municipalities took place in June 2002 with the adoption of the Act Amending the Establishment of Municipalities and Municipal Boundaries Act (OJ RS No. 52/02 of 14 June 2002). A new municipality Šmartno pri Litiji (code 194) was established by secession of a part of municipality Litija. The number of municipalities increased to 193. In statistical surveys and data dissemination the new breakdown was used from 1 January 2003 on.

Municipalities in 2007

In 2006, 17 new municipalities were established in Slovenia; thus the number of municipalities grew from 193 to 210. In statistical surveys and data dissemination the new breakdown was used from 1 January 2007 on.

With the Act Amending the Establishing of Municipalities and Municipal Boundaries Act (OJ RS, No. 27/06) in March 2006 12 new municipalities were established.

With the Act Amending the Establishing of Municipalities and Municipal Boundaries Act (OJ RS, No. 61/06) in June 2006 further 5 new municipalities were established.

Municipalities in 2012

With the Act Amending the Establishing of Municipalities and Municipal Boundaries Act (OJ RS, No. 9/11) in 2011 a new municipality Mirna (code 212) was established in Slovenia by secession of a part of municipality Trebnje. The number of municipalities thus grew from 210 to 211. In statistical surveys and data dissemination the new breakdown was used from 1 January 2012 on.

Municipalities in 2015

With the Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia (No. U-I-114/11-12 of 9 June 2011) a new municipality Ankaran/Ancarano (code 213) was established in Slovenia by secession of part of municipality Koper/Capodistria. The number of municipalities grew from 211 to 212. In 2/4

statistical surveys and data dissemination the new breakdown was used from 1 January 2015 on. Changes in municipalities are described here.

The procedure for establishing municipalities and determining or changing their areas includes the preliminary procedure with a referendum, legislative procedure and the procedure of formation of newly established municipalities.

Legislation regulating the creation and modification of municipalities

Municipalities can be created and changed on the basis of provisions from the following acts: o Local Self-Government Act (OJ No. 72/93 with amendments; OJ No. 94/07 - official consolidated text, 27/08, 76/08, 100/08, 79/09, 14/10, 51/10, 84/10, 40/12, 14/15 and 76/16) o Establishment of Municipalities and Municipal Boundaries Act (OJ No. 60/94 with amendments; OJ No. 108/06 - official consolidated text, 99/10, 9/11) o Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia (No. U-I-114/11- 12 of 9 June 2011) o Real Estate Recording Act (OJ No. 47/06).

According to Article 112 of the Real Estate Recording Act (OJ No. 47/06) local self-government communities can ask that boundaries between them be regulated and that the regulated boundaries be entered into the Register of Spatial Units; however, only when changes refer to parts of settlements and not to entire settlements. These smaller changes of areas of municipalities are implemented by the Surveying and Mapping Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, which can also harmonise the data in the Register of Spatial Units with the actual situation ex officio.

Descriptions of discrepancies in boundaries between municipalities and administrative units: municipality Ivančna Gorica – administrative unit Litija Settlements Pusti Javor, Radanja vas, Sela pri Sobračah, Sobrače and Vrh pri Sobračah are included in municipality Ivančna Gorica, but belong to administrative unit Litija. municipality Škocjan – administrative unit Sevnica Settlements Bučka, Dolenje Radulje, Dule, , Gornja Stara vas, Jarčji Vrh, , Močvirje, Štrit and Zaboršt are included in municipality Škocjan, but belong to administrative unit Sevnica. municipality Pesnica – administrative unit Maribor Settlements Dragučova, Ložane, Pernica, Vosek, Vukovje are included in municipality Pesnica, but belong to administrative unit Maribor.

Access to classifications and code lists

 Statistical Office’s classifications server: KLASJE. On this server the Statistical Office publishes the NUTS classification - Common classification of territorial units for statistics  Eurostat’s classifications server: Ramon

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 Basic code lists are available on SURS’s website under Methods and Classifications

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