Municipality of Vrhnika

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Občina Vrhnika
Tržaška cesta 1, SI-1360 Vrhnika


Phone386 (0) 1 755 5410
Dr Marjan Rihar, Mayor




Phone386 (0) 1 755 5412




The Municipality of Vrhnika covers a total area of 126 square kilometres and has a population of 17,651 people (2002) living in 21 settlements. The municipality recently initiated a town-twinning project with Gonars, Italy.


The municipal Social and Economic Issues Department is active in the field of cultural heritage preservation and support local artistic and cultural programmes. Numerous cultural institutions are located in Vrhnika, known as the birthplace of Ivan Cankar, radical writer and liberal mind of Slovene modernism. These include the Ivan Cankar Library, Vrhnika and the Ivan Cankar Institute Vrhnika which organises a regular programme of cultural activities.

The local branches of the Union of Cultural Societies of Slovenia (ZKDS) and the Public Fund for Cultural Activities of the Republic of Slovenia (JSKD) facilitate the activities of local cultural organisations and act as mediators in respect of state and municipal funding.


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