Administrative units of Slovenia

Administrative units (; plural: Upravne enote) are a second-level division of the executive branch of the Slovenian government. They were established on January 1st 1995 to perform the tasks of state administration which must be organised and performed uniformly across all administrative units in Slovenia. The areas covered by administrative units are designated in such a way as to enable cost-effectiveness and efficiency in performing administrative tasks. One administrative unit area generally corresponds to the area of one or several municipalities.

There are 58 administrative units, each is named after its respective municipal base of the government office. Administrative units usually have local branch offices to serve smaller communities.

They are the continuation of the 62 municipalities before 1994 (Ljubljana was until then split in five municipalities: Bežigrad, Center, Moste-Polje, Šiška and Vič-Rudnik, all of which were merged into one Ljubljana administrative unit).

List of administrative units +Administrative unitArea (km2)Population (2025)Administrative SeatNumber of municipalitiesAjdovščina35325.818Ajdovščina2Brežice26824.387Brežice1Celje23065.872Celje4Cerknica48316.902Cerknica3Črnomelj48618.006Črnomelj2Domžale24062.932Domžale5Dravograd1058.821Dravograd1Gornja Radgona21419.938Gornja Radgona4Grosuplje46444.122Grosuplje3Hrastnik568.792Hrastnik1Idrija42516.027Idrija2Ilirska Bistrica48013.192Ilirska Bistrica1Izola/Isola2916.423Izola1Jesenice37531.512Jesenice3Kamnik29036.552Kamnik2Kočevje64816.500Kočevje3Koper/Capodistria31157.997Koper2Kranj45384.367Kranj6Krško34528.624Krško2Laško24917.087Laško2Lenart20520.459Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah6Lendava/Lendva25721.786Lendava7Litija32221.962Litija2Ljubljana904379.313Ljubljana7Ljutomer17517.048Ljutomer4Logatec17315.129Logatec1Maribor356154.200Maribor7Metlika1098.540Metlika1Mozirje50816.403Mozirje7Murska Sobota69254.168Murska Sobota12Nova Gorica60558.333Nova Gorica6Novo Mesto76068.065Novo Mesto8Ormož21215.594Ormož3Pesnica17119.685Pesnica pri Mariboru3Piran/Pirano4518.171Lucija1Postojna49323.369Postojna2Ptuj64570.214Ptuj16Radlje ob Dravi34615.514Radlje ob Dravi5Radovljica64135.407Radovljica4Ravne na Koroškem30424.436Ravne na Koroškem4Ribnica33814.041Ribnica3Ruše20914.469Ruše3Sevnica29018.252Sevnica2Sežana66027.174Sežana4Slovenj Gradec28621.560Slovenj Gradec2Slovenska Bistrica38636.883Slovenska Bistrica4Slovenske Konjice22424.354Slovenske Konjice3Šentjur pri Celju24020.668Šentjur2Škofja Loka51243.369Škofja Loka4Šmarje pri Jelšah40033.276Šmarje pri Jelšah6Tolmin93917.734Tolmin3Trbovlje5816.019Trbovlje1Trebnje31722.765Trebnje4Tržič15515.043Tržič1Velenje19746.207Velenje3Vrhnika16926.828Vrhnika1Zagorje ob Savi14716.342Zagorje ob Savi1Žalec33444.335Žalec6 References