Municipality of Škocjan

Municipality of Škocjan

*Občina Škocjan*
Municipality of Škocjan Občina Škocjan
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of the Municipality of Škocjan in Slovenia
	Coordinates: 45°54′N 15°17′E / 45.900°N 15.283°ECoordinates: 45°54′N 15°17′E / 45.900°N 15.283°E
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Jože Kapler
Area
• Total	60.4 km2 (23.3 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	3,035
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Website	www.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 , except for the northeastern part (Local Community of Bučka), which belongs to the .^[4]^[5]

Subdivision[]

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

Local communities

Bučka, comprising the settlements: Bučka, Dolenje Radulje, Dule, Gorenje Radulje, Jarčji Vrh, Jerman Vrh, Močvirje, Štrit and Zaboršt
Škocjan, comprising the settlements: Hrastulje, Osrečje, Segonje, Stara Bučka, Stopno, Škocjan, Zalog pri Škocjanu, Zavinek and Zloganje

Village communities

Dobrava pri Škocjanu and Tomažja Vas (Dobrava pri Škocjanu in Tomažja vas), comprising the settlements: Čučja Mlaka, Dobrava pri Škocjanu, Ruhna Vas, Stranje pri Škocjanu and Tomažja Vas
Dole, comprising the settlements: Dolenje Dole, Gorenje Dole, Jelendol and Mačkovec pri Škocjanu
Grmovlje, comprising the settlements: Dobruška Vas, Dolenja Stara Vas, Grmovlje and Hudenje
Zagrad, comprising the settlements: Gabrnik, Goriška Gora, Goriška Vas pri Škocjanu, Gornja Stara Vas, Klenovik, Male Poljane, Velike Poljane and Zagrad

Villages of municipality

References[]

^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002
^ 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.
^ Škocjan municipal site
^ "Škocjan". Slovenske občine v številkah [Municipalities of Slovenia in Numbers]. Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
^ "Upravna enota Sevnica: O upravni enoti" [Sevnica Administrative Unit: About the Administrative Unit] (in Slovenian). Sevnica Administrative Unit. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
^ "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.