Ribnica, Slovenia

Municipality_of_Slovenia|nativename=Ribnica
mayor=Jože Levstek
coat=
location=
area=153,6 km²
population=9.266
males=4.619
females=4.647
avg_age=38,12 years
residental_density=30,12 m²/person
households=2.982
families=2.484
workers=4.189
unemployed=614
salary_date=avgust 2003
avg_salary_bruto=215.055 SIT
avg_salary_neto=140.203 SIT
students=354

Ribnica ( _de. Reifnitz) is a town and municipality in the Lower Carniola region of Slovenia. Its coordinates are 45°44'N 14°44'EG.

Ribnica is one of the oldest towns in Slovenia, accounts of it dating as far back as 1220.

Famous natives and residents

*Jacobus Gallus, composer;
*France Prešeren, poet (studied in Ribnica);
*Simona Škrabec, translator, essayist and literary historian;

External links

* [http://www.ribnica.si/ Ribnica] , official page of the municipality