Municipality of Žirovnica
Municipality of Žirovnica
Občina Žirovnica | |
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Location of the Municipality of Žirovnica in Slovenia | |
| Coordinates: 46°24′N 14°08′E / 46.400°N 14.133°E | |
| Country | Slovenia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Leopold Pogačar |
| Area | |
• Total | 42.6 km2 (16.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,425 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
The Municipality of Žirovnica (pronounced [ʒiˈɾɔ́ːwnitsa]; Slovene: Občina Žirovnica) is a municipality in Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the village of Breznica.
In the Završnica Valley, behind the Reber range that overlooks the villages, the first public hydroelectric plant in Slovenia was built in 1914. In 1952, after building a 60 m dam (the highest dam in Slovenia to date) in the Kavčke Gorge, a second hydroelectric plant opened in nearby Moste. This was the first hydroelectric plant to operate on the Sava River.