Koroška (Statistical Region)

Koroška statistical region

Koroška ( Slovenian Koroška statistična regija ) is a statistical region in Slovenia at NUTS 3 level.

The region, which was set up in May 2005 for statistical purposes and does not have any administrative tasks, covers 1,041 km² with 71,010 inhabitants (2016). The population is declining (2008: 72,837; 2012: 72,267; 2016: 71,010).

This statistical region only partially covers the Slovenian parts of the former Duchy of Carinthia ( Slovenska Koroška ) and also includes areas that were once included in Lower Styria , whereas Jezersko was incorporated into the Gorenjska statistical region .

The following seven municipalities in the historic Slovenian region of Štajerska (Lower Styria) were incorporated into the Koroška statistical region: Slovenj Gradec , Radlje ob Dravi , Muta , Mislinja , Vuzenica , Podvelka , Ribnica na Pohorju and some parts of Dravograd .

From the historical region of Koroška remained in the statistical region of Koroška: Ravne na Koroškem as the main town of the enlarged region, Prevalje , Mežica and Črna na Koroškem and some parts of Dravograd.

Neighboring regions are Savinjska and Podravska , otherwise the region borders on the Austrian federal states of Styria and Carinthia .

This region is part of the Euregio Styria-Slovenia as a representation of interests of the border region, which dismantle the common "development barriers on both sides of the borders", build "networks of relationships" and through the "growing together in the region" historical concepts with the requirements of a modern Europe Tried to connect regions .

coat of arms	local community	German name	map	Area km²	Population (2016)	Ew./ km²	NUTS3 code
	Črna na Koroškem	Schwarzenbach		156.0	3,324	21st	SI013
	Dravograd	Unterdrauburg		105.0	8,932	85	SI013
	Mežica	Mießdorf		26.4	3,573	135	SI013
	Mislinja	Failure		112.2	4,590	41	SI013
	Muta	Hohenmauthen		38.8	3,373	87	SI013
	Podvelka	Podwölling		103.9	2,365	23	SI013
	Prevalje	Prevali		58.1	6,781	117	SI013
	Radlje ob Dravi	Mahrenberg on the Drau		93.9	6.218	66	SI013
	Ravne na Koroškem	Gutenstein		63.4	11,321	179	SI013
	Ribnica na Pohorju	Reifing am Bachern		59.3	1,178	20th	SI013
	Slovenj Gradec	Windischgrätz		173.7	16,686	96	SI013
	Vuzenica	Saldenhofen		50.1	2,669	53	SI013
	total:			1,040.8	71,010	68

Individual evidence

1. ^ Territorial units and house numbers by the municipalities, Slovenia, quarterly , www.stat.si, English, accessed on August 1, 2014
2. ↑ [1] , read on July 30, 2018.
3. ↑ [2] ; [3] ; [4] , accessed on July 30, 2018.
4. ↑ Euregio Styria – Slovenia ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Quotations The tasks of the EUREGIO , Euregio Styria – Slovenia → Tasks and goals

Web links

• physical map of the Koroška Statistical Region, koroska.si
• Political Map of the Statistical Region of Koroška, ​​Flags of the World
• Sloveniaholidays: Koroška Stat . Region with descriptions of the location (German, machine translation)
• I feel Slovenia: Koroška , slovenia.info, Slovenian Tourist Board (Landscape and Cities, Engl., Slov.)
• Portrait of the Regions - Slovenia Koroska , Eurostat (statistical region, various aspects, English)
• Koroška , Invest Slovenia (Statistical Region Economic Data, Eng.)