Municipality of Piran

The Municipality of Piran (Slovene pronunciation: [piˈɾáːn] ⓘ; Slovene: Občina Piran, Italian: Comune di Pirano) is a municipality in the traditional region of the Littoral in southwestern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Piran. Piran became a municipality in 1994.[2]

Municipality of Piran
Občina Piran, Comune di Pirano
Municipality
Coat of arms of Municipality of Piran
Coat of arms
Location of the Municipality of Piran in Slovenia
Location of the Municipality of Piran in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°29′N 13°37′E
Country Slovenia
Government
 • MayorĐenio Zadković
Area
[1]
 • Total44 km2 (17 sq mi)
Population
 (1 July 2021)[1]
 • Total18,441
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02 (CEST)
Websitehttps://www.piran.si/

Geography

The Municipality of Piran borders Croatia to the south and the municipalities of Izola and Koper to the east, and it faces Italy across the Gulf of Trieste and the Adriatic Sea. The highest point, Baretovec pri Padni, is 289 meters (948 ft) high.[3]

Settlements
Villages in the municipality

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

Language
Bilingual sign in Slovene and in Italian

The municipality is bilingual; both Slovene and Italian are official languages. According to the Austrian language census of 1910, in the surrounding countryside within the municipal limits, the population was mixed, both Italian and Slovene, with some villages (such as Sveti Peter and Padna) which were almost entirely Slovene-speaking, and others (such as Sečovlje and Seča) that were almost exclusively Italian-speaking. As a whole, 85.1% of the population of the Municipality of Piran were Italian speakers, and 15.2% were Slovenes.

References
  1. "Občina Piran". Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  2. Vzpostavitev lokalne samouprave v Republiki Sloveniji v številkah. Ljubljana: Statistični urad Republike Slovenije. 2007. p. 95. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  3. "Predstavitev" (in Slovenian). Piran.si. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
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