The Municipality of Izola (; , ) is a municipality in the traditional region of the Littoral in southwestern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Izola. Izola became a municipality in 1994.
The municipality of IzolaThe Statute of Izola/Isola - page 77 is officially bilingual, with both Slovene and Italian as official languages; however, Slovene de facto dominates in all aspects, being the sole official language of the government and business.Decree on the implementation of bilingualism in the nationally mixed territory of the Municipality of Isola - from page 9
Settlements
In addition to the municipal seat of Izola, the municipality also includes the following settlements:Izola Municipality site
Baredi Cetore () Dobrava Jagodje () Korte () Malija () Nožed () Šared ()
Population The municipality has 15,900 inhabitants.Slovenian Statistics Office site There are marginally more males (8,000) than females (7,900). By native language, the vast majority of the population is native speakers of Slovene (10,059), followed by Croatian (1,199), Italian (620), and other smaller minorities.
Population by native language, 2002 censusSlovenian Statistics Office site, results of the 2002 census Slovenian 10,059 (69.14%) Croatian 1,199 (8.24%) Italian 620 (4.26%) Serbo-Croatian 562 (3.86%) Bosnian 537 (3.69%) Serbian 385 (2.65%) Macedonian 124 (0.85%) Hungarian 19 (0.13%) German 10 (0.07%) Others or unknown 941 (6.47%) Total 14,549
References
External links
Municipality of Izola on Geopedia Izola municipal site