Novo Mesto
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Novo Mesto (Slovenian: Novo mesto; German: Rudolfswert) is a municipality and town in the Republic of Slovenia. According to the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia it covers a total area of 298.5 km². It is considered the economic and cultural center of Lower Carniola. On 7 April 2006 it became the see city for the Roman Catholic diocese of Novo Mesto, which is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ljubljana.
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[edit] History
Novo Mesto (literally, "new town") was founded as Rudolfswert (Slovenian: Rudolfovo) on 7 April 1365, named after its founder Habsburg Archduke Rudolf IV of Austria.
Following World War I and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, the town officially became Novo Mesto although it had been informally known as such since its founding.
[edit] Census data
According to the census of 2002, it has 40,925 inhabitants, 20,017 male and 20,908 female. The average age of the inhabitants is 39.58.
On average, there is 29.25 m² of residential area, and the inhabitants live in a total of 13,796 households and 11,408 families.
[edit] Statistical data
Novo mesto municipality has an active population 19,579, of whom 2,118 are unemployed. The average gross monthly wage in August 2003 was €1,099.27 (263,432 tolars) and the average net monthly wage was €687.90 (164,851 tolars). There are 1,725 students in the municipality.
[edit] See also
- Timeline of Slovene history
- Industrija motornih vozil
- Leon Štukelj
- Krka river
- Langenhagen Novo Mesto's twin city
[edit] External link
- Novo mesto, official municipality web page.
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