Ig (Slovenia)

	Ig
Basic data
Country	Slovenia
Historic region	Upper Carniola / Gorenjska
Statistical region	Osrednjeslovenska (Central Slovenia)
Coordinates	45 ° 58 ' N , 14 ° 32' E Coordinates: 45 ° 57 '37 " N , 14 ° 31' 44" E
height	274 m. i. J.
surface	98.8 km²
Residents	6,202 (2008)
Population density	63 inhabitants per km²
Post Code	1292
License Plate	LJ
Structure and administration
Mayor :	Janez Cimperman
Website	www.obcina-ig.si

Ig (also Ig pri Ljubljani; German: Sonnegg in der Krain ) is a municipality in the Gorenjska region in Slovenia .

Ig

Location and inhabitants

The total community, which was formed from 21 villages in 1995, has 6202 people. The main town Ig alone has 2054 inhabitants. The municipality is located 10 km south of the capital Ljubljana on the edge of the Ljubljana Moors and the Crimean Mountains (1107 m).

There are prehistoric pile dwellings in the community , which have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps since 2011 .