Municipality of 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.

Municipality of Izola
Občina Izola, Comune di Isola
Location of the Municipality of Izola in Slovenia
Coordinates: 45°31′N 13°39′E
Country Slovenia
Government
  MayorDanilo Markočič
Area
  Total28.6 km2 (11.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
  Total15,920
  Density560/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02 (CEST)
Websiteizola.si

The municipality of Izola 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.

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