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Location of Cerkno in Slovenia
Area: 131.6 km²
Population
 - males
 - females
5,040
2,516
2,524
Mayor:
Average age: 39.95 years
Residential areas:
 - households:
 - families:
30.69 m²/person
1,616
1,360
Working active:
 - unemployed:
2,412
101
Average monthly salary (August 2003):
 - gross:
 - net:
 
199,952 SIT
134,639 SIT
College/university students: 217
Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, census of 2002.

Cerkno is a small town and a municipality with the same name in the western part of Slovenia. It has around 2,000 inhabitants and is the administrative centre of the Cerkljansko region.

It is known for the Laufarija carnival, a spring festival with carved wooden masks, for the Franja hospital (Bolnišnica Franja), a partisan hospital from World War II and as a ski resort.

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Urban municipalities: Celje | Koper | Kranj | Ljubljana | Maribor | Murska Sobota
Nova Gorica | Novo Mesto | Ptuj | Slovenj Gradec | Velenje

 


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