Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica

Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica Občina Ilirska Bistrica
Municipality
Landscape in the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°34′N 14°14′E
Country	Slovenia
Government
• Mayor	Emil Rojc
Area
• Total	480.0 km2 (185.3 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	13,354
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02 (CEST)
Website	www.ilirska-bistrica.si

The Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica (pronounced [iˈliːɾska ˈbiːstɾitsa] ; Slovene: Občina Ilirska Bistrica) is a municipality in Slovenia. It belongs to the traditional region of Inner Carniola. The seat of the municipality is the town of Ilirska Bistrica.

The current municipality was established on 3 October 1994 from the former Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica without territorial changes. It borders Croatia.

Settlements

Villages of municipality

In addition to the municipal seat of Ilirska Bistrica, the municipality also includes the following settlements:

• Bač
• Brce
• Čelje
• Dobro Polje
• Dolenje pri Jelšanah
• Dolnja Bitnja
• Dolnji Zemon
• Fabci
• Gabrk
• Gornja Bitnja
• Gornji Zemon
• Harije
• Hrušica
• Huje
• Jablanica
• Janeževo Brdo
• Jasen
• Jelšane
• Kilovče
• Knežak
• Koritnice
• Koseze
• Kuteževo
• Mala Bukovica
• Male Loče
• Mereče
• Nova Vas pri Jelšanah
• Novokračine
• Ostrožno Brdo
• Pavlica
• Podbeže
• Podgrad
• Podgraje
• Podstenje
• Podstenjšek
• Podtabor
• Pregarje
• Prelože
• Prem
• Račice
• Ratečevo Brdo
• Rečica
• Rjavče
• Sabonje
• Smrje
• Snežnik
• Soze
• Starod
• Studena Gora
• Sušak
• Šembije
• Tominje
• Topolc
• Trpčane
• Velika Bukovica
• Veliko Brdo
• Vrbica
• Vrbovo
• Zabiče
• Zajelšje
• Zarečica
• Zarečje

External links

• Media related to Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica on Geopedia
• Ilirska Bistrica municipal site (in Slovene)