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ZASAVSKA REGION / Zasavje

Facts and figures:

Source: SORS, 2008

1. Location and transport

Divided in two halves by the Pan-European Transport Corridor No. 10, the Zasavska Region provides the gateway to Zagreb via the junction at Zidani most where the main line to Maribor leaves Corridor No. 10.

2. Population

Total population of the Zasavska Region is 45,500, which makes it a junior neighbour of the Central Slovenian region.

Education structure of population aged 15 - 64 in the Zasavska region

Source: Statistical Yearbook, 2007

3. Towns

The regional centre is Trbovlje (18,000 inhabitants).
Other principal towns include Zagorje (17,200) and Hrastnik (10,400).

4. Economy

Generally regarded as the region where labour-intensive, smoke-stack industries have always prevailed (including mines and power plants) with a low share of farmers and high unemployment figures (between 15 and 16%), the people of Zasavje are determined to reinvent it. Mining has lost the leading position it held for so long, even though the mine Rudnik Trbovlje-Hrastnik alongside the Trbovlje thermal electric power plant (power generation) still remains one of the most important companies in the region. Transition has undermined some leading companies in once strong machine-building, manufacturing of power components, mine-building industry, etc. The industrial branches that are enjoying an upward trend include:

production of cement and glass

chemicals

wood-processing

paper

The service sector is becoming ever more important.

5. Companies

The most important companies operating in the region include:
ETI, Termoelektrarna Trbovlje, Rudnik Trbovlje-Hrastnik, Cementarna, Steklarna, Tovarna kemičnih izdelkov Hrastnik, Rudis Trbovlje, SVEA, Strojegradnja, Ytong-Slovenia, Bartec-Varnost, Semikron, TKI, Steklarna Hrastnik, Pusch