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Pomurje

Pomurje is a region located in the North-East of Slovenia by the central stream of the river Mura. The region borders to Austria, Hungary and Croatia. Its relatively restrictive area of 1.337 km2 (6,6% of total Slovenia area) has about 123.280 inhabitants, which represents cca. 6,3% of the total inhabitants of Slovenia.

The region is one of 12 statistical regions in Slovenia. The Pomurje region includes 27 municipalities and has no official government, but the Regional Council for Regional Development, which consists of municipality mayors and takes decisions about regional priorities, programmes, measures, projects, etc. Regional actors work together to reach consensus in harmonizing development anticipations and tasks of the country, the regions and the municipalities in the field of economic, social, spatial, environmental and cultural development.

Murska Sobota (20.080 inhabitants) is the regional city centre and is about 60 km away from Maribor, 190 km from the capital city Ljubljana and 90 km from Graz (Austria). Thanks to its strategic location, the Pomurje region is a cross-border region of four countries (Slovenia, Austria, Hungary and Croatia). Pomurje becomes every day more and more important in economic and cultural development of the cross-border region. One of the most valuable resources of the region is its unspoiled natural environment, which is a good basis for sustainable development.

Important economic activities in the region are connected to industry, agriculture and forestry, construction, trade activities, production, service craft trade, and many others. The region is striving for enlivenment of economic development. One of the key priorities of long-term development direction of Pomurje is by all means energy policy and energy planning. Both lead to important energy and environmental aims, such as air quality improvement, sustainable regional development and nonetheless the global responsibility for protecting the climate.