Goriška Statistical Region
statistical region of Slovenia
The Goriška Statistical Region or Gorizia Statistical Region (Slovene: Goriška statistična regija) is a statistical region in western Slovenia, along the border with Italy.
Gorizia Statistical Region
Goriška statistična regija | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Municipalities | 13 |
| Largest city | Nova Gorica |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,325 km2 (898 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 118,041 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Statistics | |
| • Households | 46255 |
| • Employed | 39307 |
| • Registered unemployed | 5722 |
| • College/university students | 5136 |
| • Regional GDP (2019): | EUR 2,443 bn (EUR 20,707 per capita) |
| HDI (2019) | 0.907[1] very high · 3rd |
The region was created in 2005 for statistical purposes only. The western Julian Alps, the Soča river and the fertile Vipava Valley are the most recognizable natural geographic characteristics of the region.
| No. | Municipality | Area[2] (km²) |
Population[3] (2017) |
Density (Inh./km²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajdovščina | 245.2 | 19,093 | 77.9 |
| 2 | Bovec | 367.3 | 3,082 | 8.4 |
| 3 | Brda | 72.0 | 5,625 | 78.1 |
| 4 | Cerkno | 131.6 | 4,602 | 35.0 |
| 5 | Idrija | 293.6 | 11,800 | 40.2 |
| 6 | Kanal ob Soči | 146.5 | 5,342 | 36.5 |
| 7 | Kobarid | 192.6 | 4,105 | 21.3 |
| 8 | Miren-Kostanjevica | 62.8 | 4,838 | 77.0 |
| 9 | Nova Gorica | 279.5 | 31,825 | 113.9 |
| 10 | Renče-Vogrsko | 29.5 | 4,365 | 148.0 |
| 11 | Šempeter-Vrtojba | 14.9 | 6,244 | 419.1 |
| 12 | Tolmin | 382.3 | 11,211 | 29.3 |
| 13 | Vipava | 107.4 | 5,615 | 52.3 |
| Total | 2,325.2 | 117,747 | 50.6 |
References
change- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ↑ "Communes of Slovenia". Statoids. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ↑ "Population by sex, municipalities and settlements, Slovenia, 1 January 2017" (xls). Statistical Office of Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 6 November 2017.[permanent dead link]
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