This is a list of municipalities in Slovenia which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
This is a list of municipalities in Slovenia which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Jurong, China
Brixen, Italy Doberdò del Lago, Italy
Henley-on-Thames, England, United Kingdom
Velden am Wörther See, Austria
Vračar (Belgrade), Serbia Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria Rosegg, Austria
Stari Grad, Croatia
Prijedor, Bosnia and Hercegovina Sedegliano, Italy Tarcento, Italy Barban, Croatia Cormons, Italy Feistritz ob Bleiburg, Austria Matulji, Croatia San Floriano del Collio, Italy
Dobřany, Czech Republic
Łączna, Poland
Šmarješke Toplice, Slovenia
Budva, Montenegro Ćuprija, Serbia Doboj, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Gaziantep, Turkey
Grevenbroich, Germany Šabac, Serbia
Shchyolkovo, Russia Singen, Germany Sisak, Croatia Slavonski Brod, Croatia Sombor, Serbia
Veles, North Macedonia Cassacco, Italy Arnoldstein, Austria Antillo, Italy Duga Resa, Croatia Negotino, North Macedonia Terzo d'Aquileia, Italy Petrijanec, Croatia San Canzian d'Isonzo, Italy Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See, Austria
Euclid, United States Koprivnica, Croatia
Rüti, Switzerland Frýdlant nad Ostravicí, Czech Republic Lučani, Serbia Planá nad Lužnicí, Czech Republic Bad Radkersburg, Austria Bruchsal, Germany Mladenovac (Belgrade), Serbia Maria Saal, Austria Raška, Serbia Abbadia San Salvatore, Italy
Almadén, Spain
Aumetz, France Labin, Croatia Lepoglava, Croatia
San Luis Potosí, Mexico Duino-Aurisina, Italy Opatija, Croatia Hirschaid, Germany Międzyzdroje, Poland
Pezinok, Slovakia Sutrio, Italy
Szentgotthárd, Hungary Tolentino, Italy Treptow-Köpenick (Berlin), Germany Tropea, Italy Nagold, Germany Sankt Jakob im Rosental, Austria Tarvisio, Italy Valjevo, Serbia Crikvenica, Croatia Halluin, France Lübbenau, Germany Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany Prokuplje, Serbia Rab, Croatia San Dorligo della Valle, Italy Spittal an der Drau, Austria Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bitola, North Macedonia Büyükçekmece, Turkey La Ciotat, France Colorado Springs, United States Doberdò del Lago, Italy Eisenkappel-Vellach, Austria Grožnjan, Croatia Herceg Novi, Montenegro Kočani, North Macedonia Kotor Varoš, Bosnia and Herzegovina Oldham, England, United Kingdom Pula, Croatia Rivoli, Italy Senta, Serbia Villach, Austria Zemun (Belgrade), Serbia Zhangjiakou, China Santa Marinella, Italy Trogir, Croatia
Waasmunster, Belgium Bajina Bašta, Serbia
Cernavodă, Romania Chantepie, France Obrigheim, Germany Přeštice, Czech Republic Foëcy, France Leutschach an der Weinstraße, Austria Mionica, Serbia Pliezhausen, Germany Trstenik, Serbia Budavár (Budapest), Hungary [40] Lenti, Hungary [41] Szentgotthárd, Hungary [42] Törökszentmiklós, Hungary [43] Zalaegerszeg, Hungary [44] Ankara, Turkey
Athens, Greece
Baku, Azerbaijan Belgrade, Serbia Bratislava, Slovakia Brussels, Belgium Chemnitz, Germany Chengdu, China Cleveland, United States Graz, Austria Leverkusen, Germany Moscow, Russia Moscow Oblast, Russia Parma, Italy Pesaro, Italy Ploče, Croatia Rijeka, Croatia Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Skopje, North Macedonia
Sousse, Tunisia
Tbilisi, Georgia Wiesbaden, Germany Zagreb, Croatia Amaroni, Italy Sankt Lambrecht, Austria Crest, France Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy Wagna, Austria Arnoldstein, Austria Xuzhou, ChinaMoravče is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, alongside with: [54]
Bienvenida, Spain Bièvre, Belgium Bucine, Italy
Cashel, Ireland Cissé, France Desborough, England, United Kingdom
Esch (Haaren), Netherlands Hepstedt, Germany Ibănești, Romania
Kandava (Tukums), Latvia
Kannus, Finland Kolindros, Greece Lassee, Austria Medzev, Slovakia
Næstved, Denmark Nagycenk, Hungary
Nadur, Malta
Ockelbo, Sweden
Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
Põlva, Estonia
Samuel (Soure), Portugal
Slivo Pole, Bulgaria Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic Strzyżów, Poland Tisno, Croatia
Troisvierges, Luxembourg
Žagarė (Joniškis), Lithuania Biograd na Moru, Croatia Bethlehem, United States Ingolstadt, Germany Paraćin, Serbia Podstrana, Croatia Turnov, Czech Republic Nakło nad Notecią, Poland Aleksandrovac, Serbia Gevgelija, North Macedonia Klagenfurt, Austria Latina, Italy Otočac, Croatia San Vendemiano, Italy Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina Brescia Province, Italy Herceg Novi, Montenegro Langenhagen, Germany Toruń, Poland Trnava, Slovakia Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain Yixing, China Bytom, Poland Acqualagna, Italy Aquileia, Italy
Bjugn, Norway Castel Goffredo, Italy Indianapolis, United States Karşıyaka, Turkey Mangalia, Romania Ohrid, North Macedonia Porano, Italy Sittersdorf, Austria Tivat, Montenegro Valletta, Malta Vis, Croatia Durach, Germany Supetar, Croatia Aranđelovac, Serbia Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia Burghausen, Germany Ohrid, North Macedonia Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France Varaždin, Croatia Crikvenica, Croatia Đakovo, Croatia Arcevia, Italy Fažana, Croatia Rozier-en-Donzy, France Těšany, Czech Republic Keutschach am See, Austria Medea, Italy Romans d'Isonzo, Italy Svrljig, Serbia Jirkov, Czech Republic Neu-Anspach, Germany Požega, Serbia Saint-Florent-sur-Cher, France Nové Zámky, Slovakia Montbrison, France Rab, Croatia Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella, Italy Sant'Ambrogio sul Garigliano, ItalyŠkofja Loka is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union. [78] Škofja Loka also has several other twin towns. [79]
Douzelage
Agros, Cyprus Altea, Spain Asikkala, Finland Bad Kötzting, Germany Bellagio, Italy Bundoran, Ireland Chojna, Poland Granville, France Holstebro, Denmark Houffalize, Belgium Judenburg, Austria Kőszeg, Hungary Marsaskala, Malta Meerssen, Netherlands Niederanven, Luxembourg Oxelösund, Sweden Preveza, Greece Rokiškis, Lithuania Rovinj, Croatia Sesimbra, Portugal Sherborne, England, United Kingdom Sigulda, Latvia Siret, Romania Sušice, Czech Republic Tryavna, Bulgaria Türi, Estonia Zvolen, SlovakiaOther
Freising, Germany Maasmechelen, Belgium Medicina, Italy Obervellach, Austria Savogna d'Isonzo, Italy Smederevska Palanka, Serbia Tábor, Czech Republic Zell, Austria Český Krumlov, Czech Republic Gornji Milanovac, Serbia Hauzenberg, Germany
Myōkō, Japan Morphou, Cyprus Vöcklabruck, Austria Gornja Stubica, Croatia Hlohovec, Slovakia Hranice, Czech Republic Kosjerić, Serbia Križevci, Croatia Tolfa, Italy Zvyozdny gorodok, Russia Cankova, Slovenia Teplice nad Bečvou, Czech Republic Lazarevac (Belgrade), Serbia Sallaumines, France Valandovo, North Macedonia Dabas, Hungary Ferlach, Austria Ludbreg, Croatia Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France Zaječar, Serbia Aleksinac, Serbia Havířov, Czech Republic Kemnath, Germany Omiš, Croatia Stari Grad, Croatia Žatec, Czech Republic
Demographic features of the population of Slovenia include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Celje is the fourth-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria and the administrative seat of the City Municipality of Celje. The town of Celje is located below Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Hudinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna rivers in the lower Savinja Valley, and at the crossing of the roads connecting Ljubljana, Maribor, Velenje, and the Central Sava Valley. It lies 238 m (781 ft) above mean sea level (MSL).
Bihać is a city and the administrative centre of Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated on the banks of river Una in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Bosanska Krajina region. In 2013 its population was 56,261.
Slovenia is divided into 212 municipalities, of which 12 have urban (metropolitan) status. Municipalities are further divided into local communities and districts.
Slovenia has been a meeting area of the Slavic, Germanic, Romance, and Uralic linguistic and cultural regions, which makes it one of the most complex meeting point of languages in Europe. The official and national language of Slovenia is Slovene, which is spoken by a large majority of the population. It is also known, in English, as Slovenian. Two minority languages, namely Hungarian and Italian, are recognised as co-official languages and accordingly protected in their residential municipalities. Other significant languages are Croatian and its variants and Serbian, spoken by most immigrants from other countries of former Yugoslavia and their descendants. Slovenia is ranked among the top European countries regarding the knowledge of foreign languages. The most often taught foreign languages are English and German, followed by Italian, French, and Spanish.
The Urban Municipality of Ljubljana, also the City of Ljubljana is one of twelve city and metropolitan municipalities in Slovenia. Its seat is Ljubljana, the largest and capital city of Slovenia. As of December 2021, its mayor is Zoran Janković.
Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia (SOS) was established in 1992 and is the biggest representative association of the municipalities of Slovenia. The association has 167 member municipalities and with this it covers nearly 90% of the inhabitants of Slovenia.
The Municipality of Ajdovščina is a municipality with a population of a little over 19,000 located in the Vipava Valley, southwestern Slovenia. The municipality was established in 1994. Its seat is in the town of Ajdovščina. As of 2020, its mayor is Tadej Beočanin.
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 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cupqualification for the FIBA Europe region, began in August 2017 and concluded in February 2019. Contrary to previous years, no teams were automatically placed into the World Cup, so all FIBA Europe nations had to participate in qualification.
