Kranjska Gora Municipality

Kranjska Gora Municipality gained its independence by separation from Jesenice Municipality in January the 1st 1995. It stands 256,3 km², which is 1,3% of total Slovenian surface. Average height above sea level is 1304 m. Kranjska Gora Municipality comprehends 16,5% of surface of Triglav national park. Kranjska Gora is both the municipal centre and the largest town in the Zgornjesavska valley as well as a famous year-round mountain tourist resort and an important, well-known winter sports resort. In
Municipality area 10 settlements and 4 local communities, where around 5.250 residents live exist. Two economic activities are most expressed: hotel and catering industry, where almost 57% of all population is employed, and traffic, including cable railway, with 13% of employees. Small commercial companies, mostly in hotel and catering industry and in tourism business, are prevailing with 97%. Statistic analysis shows that in Kranjska Gora Municipality tourism and hotel/catering industry are prevailing. It has excellent opportunities to develop tourism, for which other economic activities (like trade, telecommunication, traffic, etc.) have to fulfil tourist offer in Kranjska Gora. In project area Zelenci threats to submerge the area and form a lake or to drainage it for agriculture
purposes in 1980, was the main reason to start activities to protect Zelenci as protected area. Many expert work (inventarisation, mapping) have been done till 1992 when Municipality of Kranjska Gora declared the area as managed nature reserve. The arrangement plan was certified in 1996. It represents groundwork for establishing the visitor infrastructure on nature reserve.

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Contact

Vesna Kunšič
Address: Kolodvorska 1b, 4280 Kranjska Gora
Tel.: 04 58 09 820
E-mail: kunsic@kranjska-gora.si

Monika Jakelj
Address: Kolodvorska 1b, 4280 Kranjska Gora
Tel.: 04 58 09 817
E-mail: monika@kranjska-gora.si

Leading partner of the project

Project partners

Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for nature conservation Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia Slovenia Forest Service Municipality Ruše Municipality Kranjska Gora RTV Slovenija