22.08.2011

SPODNJEPOSAVSKA REGION / Posavje

Facts and figures (2009):

 

Area: 885 km2

Population: 70,091

Density of population per km2: 79.2

Number of companies: 4,681

Economically active population: 24,657

Unemployment rate (Jan - Mai 2011): 13.5%

Average monthly gross wage: EUR 1,362

Source: SORS, 2011

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Location and transport

 

The Posavska Region borders on Croatia. Thanks to the immediate vicinity of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, with the population of 1.5 million on the one hand, and relatively good transport links (road and railway leading to Ljubljana - Zagreb), the region has a lot of potential after Slovenia’s accession to the EU when the road border crossing Obrezje and the railway border crossing Dobova will have a leading role in movement of goods and persons across the Schengen border.

 

 

Population

 

In terms of the number of inhabitants (70,000) it is one of the smallest Slovenian regions.

 

Education structure of population aged 15 - 64 in the Spodnjesavska Region

 

Source: Statistical Yearbook, 2011
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Towns

 

The regional centre is Krško (28,100) with a secondary school centre. The students living in the region enrol either in the University of Ljubljana or the University of Zagreb (Croatia).

 

In Brežice  (24,600) there is the College Of Economics.

 

 

 

Economy

 

The region boats a long tradition in:

  • metal-processing industries
  • wood-processing industries
  • paper industry
  • textile industry
  • civil engineering & construction
  • trade

 

In Krško there is a nuclear power plant and more electrical energy will be generated in the region once hydroelectric power plants are built on the Sava River. Currently, the region is riddled by high unemployment, particularly as the result of problems faced by the textile and wood-processing industries.

 

The region has become home to a number of foreign investors who were able to tap into the pool of skilled workforce and easily get industrial land for development or re-development.

 

 

Companies

 

The most important companies operating in the region include:

  • Lisca d.d. (manufacture of underwear)
  • Kopitarna Sevnica d.d. (manufacture of footwear)
  • Vipap Videm Krško d.d. (manufacture of paper and paperboard)
  • Duropack-Tespack d.o.o. (manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard and products made of them)
  • Resistec UPR d.o.o. & co. k.d. (manufacture of electronic components)
  • Kostak d.d. (water collection, treatment and supply)
  • Terme Čatež d.d. (baths and hotels)
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