Municipality of Izola
Občina Izola, Comune di Isola | |
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Coordinates: 45°31′N 13°39′E / 45.517°N 13.650°E | |
Country | Slovenia |
Government | |
• Mayor | Danilo Markočič |
Area | |
• Total | 28.6 km2 (11.0 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 15,920 |
• Density | 560/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
Website | izola |
The Municipality of Izola (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈiːzɔla] ; Slovene: Občina Izola, Italian: Comune di Isola) 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.[2]
The municipality of Izola[3] is officially bilingual, with both Slovene and Italian as official languages; however, Slovene de facto dominates in all aspects, being the sole official language of the government and business.[4]
In addition to the municipal seat of Izola, the municipality also includes the following settlements:[5]
The municipality has 15,900 inhabitants.[6] There are marginally more males (8,000) than females (7,900). By native language, the vast majority of the population is native speakers of Slovene (10,059), followed by Croatian (1,199), Italian (620), and other smaller minorities.[7]