Vloga majhnih občin pri razvoju slovenskega podeželja = The role of small municipalities in development of rural areas in Slovenia

• Main Author: Monika Benkovič Krašovec
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2006-01-01
• Series: Dela
• Subjects: political geography; administrative regionalization; municipalities; rural areas; regional development; Slovenia
• Online Access: http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/oddelki/geo/Publikacije/Dela/files/Dela_25/17%20benkovic.pdf

On the basis of the first Local Self-Government Act (1993) and the Establishment of Municipalities and Municipal Boundaries Act (1994), 147 municipalities were created in 1994, till 2002 their number increased to 193. Most of the newly-founded municipalities were small, including municipalities that did not meet the conditions stipulated by law. Consequently, there have been many discussions on the efficiency of such municipalities and the reasonableness of any further division of Slovenia. In 2005, 95 municipalities had less than 5 000 inhabitants, which is the legally prescribed threshold for the establishment of a municipality. Therefore, all these municipalities were surveyed and an assessment of their impact on the development of rural areas in Slovenia was given.