Basic information

• Founded: 1981, the Republic of Slovenia
• Size: 206km2 (20,650ha)
• Status: regional park, Natura 2000 area, biosphere area – UNESCO MAB programme (Man and biosphere)
• IUCN category: V – Protected Landscape/Seascape – protected area for the preservation of the landscape (land and sea) and recreation
• Manager: Javni zavod Kozjanski Park (Kozjansko Park Public Institute) as part of the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning
• Management: Podsreda market town
• Position: eastern Slovenia, between the River Sotla and the Bohor Hill
• Population: 10,700 (data from 2002)
• Number of settlements: 78
• Largest settlement: Kozje, 738 inhabitants (data from 2002)
• Smallest settlement: Ortnice, 25 inhabitants (data from 2002)
• Population density: 51 inhabitants/km²
• Highest point: Oslica, 860m
• Lowest point: Figarjev most ob Sotli, 151m
• Forest coverage: 48%
• Average annual precipitation: 1060mm
• Average annual temperature: 9.5ºC
• Watercourses: Sotla, Bistrica, Buča, Dramlja, Gabernica
• Municipalities: 5 – Bistrica ob Sotli, Kozje, Podčetrtek, Brežice, Krško
• Primary schools: 6 (Bistrica ob Sotli, Bizeljsko, Koprivnica, Kozje, Lesično, Pišece)
• Medical centres: 3 (Bistrica ob Sotli, Bizeljsko, Kozje)
• Natura 2000 : 69,7 %
• SPA area – “Birds Directive” (36.9%): Kozjansko
• SCI and pSCI areas – “Habitats Directive” (32.8%): Bohor, Orlica, Sotla and its tributaries, Pustišekova polšna, Dobrava – Jovsi, Suhadolsko stream
• Natural attractions: 78
• Cultural heritage, monuments: ?

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