Savinja Statistical Region

<h2 id="cities-and-towns">Cities and towns</h2>
<p>The Savinja Statistical Region includes 9 <a href="/facts/City/2uNRFqAN">cities</a> and <a href="/facts/Town/8M3HB52B">towns</a>, the largest of which is <a href="/facts/Celje/Rxwm0uoX">Celje</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<table><tbody><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Population (2021)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></th></tr><tr><td>1.</td><td> <a href="/facts/Celje/Rxwm0uoX">Celje</a></td><td>37,392</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td> <a href="/facts/Velenje/8Ikg1a9E">Velenje</a></td><td>25,538</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td> <a href="/facts/Slovenske_Konjice/1dncX8cX">Slovenske Konjice</a></td><td>5,155</td></tr><tr><td>4.</td><td> <a href="/facts/Roga%25C5%25A1ka_Slatina/E649QE5v">Rogaška Slatina</a></td><td>5,082</td></tr><tr><td>5.</td><td> <a href="/facts/%25C5%25BDalec/prHMGaSn">Žalec</a></td><td>4,983</td></tr><tr><td>6.</td><td> <a href="/facts/%25C5%25A0entjur/NJLKQSC9">Šentjur</a></td><td>4,927</td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td> <a href="/facts/La%25C5%25A1ko/PE8TW3Km">Laško</a></td><td>3,284</td></tr><tr><td>8.</td><td> <a href="/facts/Zre%25C4%258De/3e6P4KXJ">Zreče</a></td><td>2,998</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td> <a href="/facts/%25C5%25A0o%25C5%25A1tanj/c2hb2ual">Šoštanj</a></td><td>2,927</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="administrative-divisions">Administrative divisions</h2>
<p>The Savinja Statistical Region comprises the following 31 <a href="/facts/Municipalities_of_Slovenia/g512H1wl">municipalities</a>:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Braslov%25C4%258De/6UaFILEt">Braslovče</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/City_Municipality_of_Celje/2rAKJbYV">Celje</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Dobje/UG3oDV2H">Dobje</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Dobrna/WuEELN86">Dobrna</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Gornji_Grad/Xez8A2oS">Gornji Grad</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Kozje/YBXwTLTk">Kozje</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_La%25C5%25A1ko/punCX7pN">Laško</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Ljubno/VsGw4gxX">Ljubno</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Lu%25C4%258De/Ys32mIYj">Luče</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Mozirje/mU71c9n4">Mozirje</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Nazarje/x0zrEUoo">Nazarje</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Pod%25C4%258Detrtek/FsuMbvw6">Podčetrtek</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Polzela/aSsFvKbe">Polzela</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Prebold/CbSGtKwa">Prebold</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Re%25C4%258Dica_ob_Savinji/m2keRUmW">Rečica ob Savinji</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Roga%25C5%25A1ka_Slatina/xrshRd3L">Rogaška Slatina</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Rogatec/zzm1LsNX">Rogatec</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_%25C5%25A0entjur/1vQYoaAq">Šentjur</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Slovenske_Konjice/NKQgeE5I">Slovenske Konjice</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_%25C5%25A0marje_pri_Jel%25C5%25A1ah/noBw6lPb">Šmarje pri Jelšah</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_%25C5%25A0martno_ob_Paki/7YIv7D7l">Šmartno ob Paki</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Sol%25C4%258Dava/DfJNWGaL">Solčava</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_%25C5%25A0o%25C5%25A1tanj/vscIu0XT">Šoštanj</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_%25C5%25A0tore/68cpT60p">Štore</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Tabor/1pAMva2b">Tabor</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/City_Municipality_of_Velenje/nwK4H7Pl">Velenje</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Vitanje/NeAByLDM">Vitanje</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Vojnik/wsKvDuuf">Vojnik</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Vransko/aRrslotM">Vransko</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_%25C5%25BDalec/l4SgAzxm">Žalec</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Zre%25C4%258De/4Y7I6MCs">Zreče</a></li></ul>

<p>The municipalities of <a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Bistrica_ob_Sotli/qj6Sjw10">Bistrica ob Sotli</a> and the <a href="/facts/Municipality_of_Rade%25C4%258De/tD8yNdeX">Radeče</a> were part of the region until January 2015; they became part of the <a href="/facts/Lower_Sava_Statistical_Region/Udb6hXV4">Lower Sava Statistical Region</a> in 2015.
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<h2 id="demographics">Demographics</h2>
<p>The population in 2020 was 263,322. It has a total area of 2,301 km².
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<h2 id="economy">Economy</h2>
<p>Employment structure: 51.8% services, 45.6% industry, 2.6% agriculture.
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<h3>Tourism</h3>
<p>It attracts 10.4% of the total number of tourists in Slovenia, most being from Slovenia (52.8%).
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<h2 id="transportation">Transportation</h2>
<ul><li>Length of motorways: 64.8 km</li>
<li>Length of other roads: 5754.3 km</li></ul>
<h2 id="sources">Sources</h2>

<ul><li><a href="https://www.stat.si/doc/pub/REGIJE-2014.pdf">Slovenian regions in figures 2014</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Bevcer, Miha. 2013. Prostorsko vrednotenje trase 3. razvojne osi na odeseku med avtocesto A1 in Velenjem (bachelor's thesis). Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Department of Geography, p. 35. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>OECD. 2012. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Slovenia 2012. OECD Publishing, p. 324. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Lapuh, Lucija. 2016. Measuring the Impact of the Recession on Slovenian Statistical Regions and their Ability to Recover. Acta Geographica Slovenica 56(2): 247–256, pp. 252ff. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Boršič, Darja, & Alenka Kavkler. 2009. Modeling Unemployment Duration in Slovenia Using Cox Regression Models. Transition Studies Review 54(1): 145–156, p. 148. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Mesta in urbana območja v Sloveniji". <a href="https://www.gov.si/teme/mesta-in-urbana-obmocja-v-sloveniji/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.si/teme/mesta-in-urbana-obmocja-v-sloveniji/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"SiStat - prebivalstvo po naselju, 2021". <a href="https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatData/pxweb/sl/Data/-/05C5003S.px/table/tableViewLayout2/" target="_blank">https://pxweb.stat.si/SiStatData/pxweb/sl/Data/-/05C5003S.px/table/tableViewLayout2/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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