Municipality of Sodražica
Municipality of Sodražica
Občina Sodražica | |
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Location of the Municipality of Sodražica in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 45°45′51″N 14°37′46″E / 45.76417°N 14.62944°E | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Blaž Milavec (Slovenian People's Party) |
| Area | |
• Total | 49.5 km2 (19.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,164 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 1317 Sodražica |
| Website | www |
The Municipality of Sodražica (pronounced [ˈsoːdɾaʒitsa]; Slovene: Občina Sodražica) is a municipality in the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Sodražica. It is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. It borders the municipalities of Ribnica, Velike Lašče, Bloke, and Loški Potok.
In Austro-Hungary, and also in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Sodražica was an independent municipality, until the creation of Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia. It became an independent municipality once again in 1998, when it separated from the Municipality of Ribnica.
Historically, the inhabitants made woodenware (Slovene: suha roba), especially sieve rims, buckets, spoons, rakes, and wicker baskets. The woodenware was sold to Ribnica peddlers (ribniški krošnjarji) who then travelled around the world, selling the woodenware.